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    Bear Troubles
    Bear Troubles
    Bear Troubles
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    Bear Troubles

    By Ozzie Morrow Jr.

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    This humorous book is about a boy named Jase who finds a sponge toy in his cereal box. Little does he know when it's soaked in water it will give him troubles...BEAR TROUBLES!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 18, 2008
    ISBN9781477277300
    Bear Troubles
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    Ozzie Morrow Jr.

    Ozzie Morrow Jr., an award winning poet, freelance writer, known for writing Juvenile Fiction stories, and he also illustrates his own books. Born in Des Moines, Iowa. Ozzie moved to Los Angeles, California. In the 70’s to study music, he played in several bands then quit to pursue his endeavors in writing such as Nite, Nite Jase, My Dog Don’t Jump, Beware of The Mombie and Don’t Look in The Basement. Also the Author of Bear Troubles has just published this book called Xiam’s Fish, in hopes you all will enjoy reading these adventures, with many more stories to come.

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      Bear Troubles - Ozzie Morrow Jr.

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      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2008 Ozzie Morrow Jr.. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 2/18/2008

      ISBN: 978-1-4343-4178-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-7730-0 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2007908078

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      This book is dedicated to

      James (Tommy) Blakely

      1952-1999

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      Jason, will you please come down here and eat breakfast, so I can get these dishes washed up." Jasons mother asked, hollering up stairs.

      Ok mom, here I come! Jase replied as he ran down the stairs and sat down at the kitchen table.

      Good morning, mom. Has Dad gone to work already?

      Yes, honey, he left early this morning. I want you to hurry up and eat, go upstairs, and take a bath. I do not want you to be late for school, young man. Now, what do you want for breakfast?

      Jase eyed the yellow box of cereal on top of the refrigerator, with the big red letters reading, FREE TOY INSIDE, and said, I’ll have cereal please!

      The boy’s mother took the new box of cereal down from the fridge and sat it on the table.

      Here you go. Let me get the milk, she said rushing back to the refrigerator.

      Jase quickly grabbed the box, poured some of the cereal in his bowl, then poured the rest out on the breakfast table looking for the toy inside.

      Hum, what kind of toy is this? He wondered, looking at a plastic package that plopped out of the box onto the pile of cereal. Jason scooped up the excess cereal, put it back in the box, and picked up the tightly wrapped package, studying it closely.

      It’s a little flat sponge in the shape of a bear. I wonder what it does. Let me see what the instructions say.

      Jase read the package carefully. Soak sponge in water for only ten seconds, then remove it quickly and let toy dry.

      Hey Mom, this little sponge will make a toy bear when I soak it in water! Jase said, showing the toy to his mom with excitement.

      That’s nice dear, now hurry up and eat so you can take your bath. And don’t forget to wash behind your ears, the woman instructed, as she washed the morning dishes.

      Yeah, take a bath… that’s it. I’ll just put the sponge in the tub with me, and then it will turn into a toy bear in no time, Jase thought, pouring the milk in his bowl, and then gobbling his cereal down as fast as he could.

      He took his newly found toy up to the bathroom and filled the tub with warm water. He removed his clothes and slid into the tub. Dunking the toy sponge in the water, he let it soak while he lathered himself slowly and enjoyed his bath.

      Jase shut his eyes and washed his face with soap, not paying attention to how long the toy sponge was left in the water. All of a sudden something moved around inside the tub.

      What was that? Jase thought, feeling through the water, something was playing with his leg.

      He jerked his leg back and someone at the other end of the tub started to giggle.

      Jase barely opened his eyes and the soap rushed in his eyes.

      Yeow! He hollered, as the soap burned his eyes, temporarily blurring his vision.

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      Yeow! Someone said, mocking him at the other end of the tub.

      Jase wiped the soap from his eyes frantically, trying to see who was in the room with him. When he opened his eyes, he could see much clearer and at the other end of the tub laid a life size bear scrubbing his back in the water with a smirk on its face.

      Jason scrambled to get out of the tub as fast as he could, afraid the bear would attack, or even worse, try to drown him in the water.

      Hey, what happened to my toy sponge bear and who are you? The boy asked, wrapping a towel around his waist. He could see the bear was harmless.

      Berry, pleased ta meetcha, the bear replied, with a goofy look on his face as he smiled.

      What the heck? Are you for real? Jase asked stepping away from the tub, as he moved towards the door.

      The bear kept smiling as he kept scrubbing his back with the boy’s back scrubber. Jase backed up towards the bathroom door and rushed out to the hallway. He looked back at the tub and the bear had stretched out with his paws behind his head.

      The bear turned to Jase and stuck out his tongue, teasing the boy, and then continued to soak in the water.

      Mom, there’s a bear in the tub! The boy screamed, standing at the balcony in his towel.

      That’s nice dear, now put your toy away, and get ready for school. You don’t want to miss your bus, the woman said.

      Oh man, she doesn’t believe me; I’ve got to tell somebody that will, Jase thought.

      He went back into the bathroom and to the boy’s surprise the big life-sized bear

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