Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Mama and Papa are going out for the evening, so Mrs. Grizzle is coming to babysit Brother and Sister. Fun games will be played, and at bedtime, the cubs will be tucked snug into their beds
Left with a babysitter for the first time, Brother and Sister Bear are certain they won’t like her. But with her bag of tricks and comforting way of tucking them in, Mrs. Grizzle wins them over.
What’s this said papa bear as
he took the day’s mail from the beay
family’s mailbox it was a notice telling
about an important meeting that night at
the Bear Country Town
Hall mama bear called up Grizzly Gran
brother and sister sometimes stayed with
Gramps and gran when Mama and Papa had to
be away but Gramps and Grand were planning
to go to the meeting too so brother and
sister couldn’t stay with
them or with Aunt Maude or cousin Wilbur
they were going to the meeting too why
can’t we go with you asked sister
beginning to get a little upset yeah
added Brother Bear because said Papa
this meeting is for grown-ups and
besides it won’t be over until late way
past your bedtime well where are we going to stay
the the Cubs wanted to
know you’re going to stay right here
said Mama as she put down the phone
alone as sister of course not said Mama
I’ve arranged for a sitter a sitter said
brother who’s it going to be sister
asked Miss Grizzle who lives in the
hollow thump at the end of the road said
Mama feeling much better about the whole
thing Miss Grizzle said the Cubs not
feeling better at all
once when sister was playing with her
friends their ball went to miss grizzle’s
flower garden Miss Grizzle wasn’t too
happy about it and another time when
brother was flying his kite it swooped
and bumped Miss Grizzle on the hat she
wasn’t too tickled about that
either evening all said Miss Grizzle in
a loud Jolly voice well time’s a wasting
you two she said to Mom and papa you
better skedaddled off to your meeting
Miss Grizzle had a strong way of saying
things and folks usually did what she
said Mama and Papa kissed the Cubs good
not and they skedaddled woo said Miss Grizzle she sat
down in papa’s big chair it’s sure as
good to get a load off your feet she
took off her hat and looked in her bag
drawstring bag there’s something about
somebody looking into a bag that makes
Cubs very curious Miss Grizzle said
sister yes what’s in the bag
nothing much just some things I take
along when I go a sitting a piece of
string a pack of cards meanwhile over at the Town Hall
the bearers were getting ready for their
important meeting they were getting ready for
speeches voting and arguments about some
new laws but mama’s mind was not on the
meeting and neither was Papa’s mama and
papa were thinking about what was going
on back home sister looked a little
worried when we left mama so did
Brother agreed Papa they decided to call
home and see how things were
going things are going just fine said Ms
Grizzle brother and sister can’t come to
the phone right now cuz they’re busy
playing cat’s cradle have a good meeting
shouted the Cubs but they say to have a
good meeting and after cat’s cradle they
played go fish with the cards that came
out of Mrs Grizzle’s drawstring bag and
then they played tiddlywinks with a
special set of Winks that Miss Grizzle
had made out of polished stones and a
snail shell cup and after a while the Cubs got the
yawns and Miss Grizzle began getting
them ready for bed she did indeed turned out to be a
very good back scrubber brother changed
his mind about not having his back
scrubbed and she was a very fine Story
Reader and a really super Tucker in
her I hope mama and papa had a good
meeting said sister with a yawn because
we had a very good sit the Cubs had a number of different
sitters from time to time but miss
Grizzle was their favorite and they were
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