by Stan
Brother smiled and put an arm around Bonnie. “I couldn’t have said it better myself,” he said. “And you know what? I might have gone Hollywood just as bad as you did if I’d gotten a big role in that movie. And if I had, I hope I’d have had the guts to admit it the way you just did.”
“Thanks,” said Bonnie. “But I’m afraid my other friends won’t be so understanding.”
“They will if you apologize to them,” said Brother. “But let me talk to them first, tell them what you just told me. They’ll take your apology better if I soften ’em up a little first.”
Bonnie’s face broke into a big grin. “Brother Bear,” she said, “you’re just about the best friend a best friend ever had.”
The two cubs sat in silence for a while, feeling good about each other again. A summer breeze was rising. They watched it rustle the leaves of the trees.
Finally, Brother said, “So what happens to your Hollywood career now?”
Just as the breeze was gusting, Bonnie shrugged and said, “Nothing, I guess. I got lost with the wind.”
They had a good laugh at that.
Chapter 13
Back on the Breeze
But as things turned out, Bonnie was wrong about her Hollywood career. For as Cecil Bear DeMille was boarding his private jet in Big Bear City, he got a phone call that sent him rushing back to Beartown to resume shooting Lost with the Wind.
The call was from Squire Grizzly. He had thought long and hard about what the great director had told him on Saturday. And he had come to the decision that not only would he honor his famous ancestor Stonewall Grizzly by doing the surrender scene with grace and dignity, but that in order to so honor him, Lost with the Wind had to be made at any cost. And that’s why, when he phoned C.B. DeMille at the airport, he pledged quite a few of his many millions to ensure that the epic movie would be completed.
When Lost with the Wind was finally done, Bearamount Pictures came up with a great publicity stunt. They flew the entire Beartown cast to Hollywood for the grand opening at the world-famous “Bearr” Theater. And this time, as the media’s cameras rolled and their flashbulbs flashed, Bonnie Brown didn’t walk up the red carpet from her limo on the arm of Cecil Bear DeMille or Clark Grizzle or Vivian Brie. She walked up that red carpet hand in hand with her fellow cub actors, Brother Bear and Queenie McBear.
Perhaps the ovation wasn’t as great as it might have been if she’d arrived with the big shots. But she felt good about it just the same.
And so did all her friends.
Excerpt from The Berenstain Bears at Camp Crush
Chapter 1
Bullhorn Baits His Hook
At Bear Country School, everyone knew Mervyn “Bullhorn” Grizzmeyer. He was the big, tough school vice principal, gym teacher, and team sports coach. Cubs on the sports teams were used to being yelled at by him when they didn’t play hard enough. Some cubs were used to seeing his scowling face behind his desk when they misbehaved and were sent to his office. And all the cubs were used to having gym instructions shouted at them in that booming bullhorn voice of his.
But Bullhorn Grizzmeyer was just about the last bear on earth that a cub expected to see at home. That’s why Brother and Sister Bear were shocked when Papa answered the tree house door on Saturday afternoon and found Mr. Grizzmeyer at their doorstep.
“What’s he doing here?” Sister whispered to Brother.
“Beats me,” Brother whispered back. “But I hope he doesn’t want to come in. If he does, that means something’s wrong.”
“Mr. Grizzmeyer!” said Papa. “This is quite a surprise. Would you like to come in?”
“Don’t mind if I do,” said Mr. Grizzmeyer. He came into the living room and plumped himself down on the sofa.
Oh, no! thought the cubs. They tried to think of what they might have done wrong at school lately. Sister couldn’t think of anything. Brother couldn’t either.
Papa called Mama in and took a seat in his easy chair. “Well, Mr. Grizzmeyer,” he said, “what brings you to our humble home?”
Mr. Grizzmeyer seemed to read the cubs’ minds. “Don’t worry, cubs,” he said with a wink. “I’m not here about any school problems. This is why I’m here.” He took a brochure from his jacket pocket and unfolded it for the Bears to see.
On the brochure was a picture of a lake with mountains in the background. On the lake were bears in a canoe.
“Here,” he said, handing the brochure to Papa. “Have a closer look.”
Mama and the cubs gathered around Papa’s easy chair.
“Camp Grizzmeyer?” said Papa. “You’re the owner of a summer camp?”
“And the director,” said Mr. Grizzmeyer. “It’s an old Bear Scout campsite on the scenic slopes of the Great Grizzly Mountains. My wife, Mollie, and I spent our life savings to buy the place. And a wonderful place it is! Just think of it, cubs—the wild beauty of the Great Grizzly Mountains, fishing, swimming, canoeing, softball, basketball, tennis, arts and crafts . . .”
Camp Grizzmeyer sounded good. But the cubs had never been away from home for more than an overnight, except for the week at Gramps and Gran’s when Mama and Papa had gone on a second honeymoon. A whole summer away from home? It sounded like forever.
About the Authors
Stan and Jan Berenstain began writing the Berenstain Bears series in 1962, with The Big Honey Hunt. Since then, more than 250 Berenstain Bears books have been published and sales of the series are nearing 300 million. Stan and Jan have left behind a legacy of arguably the best-selling children’s book series ever. Making the books has long been a family affair, with son Mike Berenstain writing and illustrating new stories about everyone’s favorite bear family. You can visit the Berenstains online at www.berenstainbears.com.
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The Berenstain Bears Go Hollywood
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