Many many a year ago when I was just a boy, I had this wonderful friend called AG Bear, he spoke in less than audible tones yet he would sit by my side and we would speak tales of pirates and monsters and lollipop mountains. My father was the one who bought the bear and claimed him for his own, but every time my father wasnt looking I would sneak, sneak, sneak upstairs to his room and hid behind the bed. I would look out to make sure no one was coming, and crawled in a more than rough army style to plunder my dear friend AG from his prison on the shelf in front of the closet.
Then one day, I heard something strange, two voices, one high and one low. Upon further inspection I noticed that AG Bear had a baby, it was a bear just like him but with gray fur and a bib. I watched curious as they talked and grumbled aloud, smiling and laughing in that innocent sort of way I took them both to my room and played. What fun we had that summer hunting monsters in the woods with sticks, playing army against alien invaders, or just sitting on the porch watching the storms blaze by. Yes it was memorable indeed.
As as summer passed so seemed my time with the AG Bear family, for one day I went in and they were nowhere to be found, it is almost sad to admit that I cried that day. I can still see the little boy sitting there fumbling his fingers and thumbs with his head down imagining AG Bear and AG Baby walking out into the sunset together. Even more sadly was the fact the little boy never saw them again, although he spoke of him often.
Over twenty years had passed since that day and I still felt a slight tear in my chest and the loss of such wonderful boyhood friends. But time had healed the wounds of the past and the stress of the adult reminded me who I was and how old I had become. Then something happened, something wonderous and sweet, Christmas came and I was in for a treat, for there were presents under the parents tree with care and one had my name before I was even there. When I arrived my dad handed me this gift and to my surprise it was………………………………..
Yes he is home again, my beloved friend AG, I am sure he has many tales to tell me of his adventures and if you wish I shall share some of them with all of you, I certianly dont think he would mind…. Thank you all for sharing this wonderful treat, and please dont hesitate to say hello, he may grumble and he may growl smile you see just cant be beat..
