In the far-off West a community of bears lived in what was called Bear Nation. The only things they ate were fish, grass (in the summertime), bananas, berries, and snow with berry frosting (in the wintertime). All the bears were skinny because they only ate healthy foods and they exercised, until one day, one talented bear changed the nation............ 

     In the year 1923, a bear family was trying to stay warm because of the frosty weather. It was the night before Christmas. The bears usually celebrated on Christmas day, but that night they celebrated early. Mama and Papa had one cub, named  Giftness. Giftness didn't want Mama's milk. He only wanted healthy sweet berries. Of course, Mama let him have them. When he was done with the bowl, he jumped off the igloo. He was feeling hyper and energetic!

    Giftness loved to do experiments, especially ones with food. He made everything seem a little bit sweeter. 

    One day in June 1932, a famine struck Bear Nation. A new bear family of five had just moved into the area, a mama, papa, sister, brother, and baby.

    "Hola! This is my family!"  said the brother. "My name is Phillip!" Giftness and Phillip became fast friends. Little did he know but Phillip would soon give Giftness something that would make the whole world sweeter. 

   Giftness looked up. Phillip was far away. He put the seed in his pocket.

    That night, he found a place where almost no one passed by, and planted the seed.

    "Come on!" yelled Phillip. He was fast. Something flew out of Phillip's pocket. He didn't notice, but Giftness did and dived for the small object. It was a seed! And it wasn't any old seed, it was a sugarcane tree seed. 

    Days and weeks passed. Finally, the sugarcane tree started to grow. Giftness poked at it and found a sprinkling of something on his paw. He tasted it. Delicious!! It was the most important thing he needed for all his food and the bears would be eager for it.  Suddenly it started snowing. He scooped some up in his paw. "Bears will love this,"  he said to himself. 

     At last! He made his first sugar food, a snow cone! He made more and brought some outside. He let the bears taste them. He was surprised at their reactions. They'd never tasted anything like this and they hated it. One bear thought it was good, but only if you licked it. Pretty soon, however, everyone liked the sweet cones.     

How did Giftness make these? 

How did he make this food sweet? 

    They wondered...

    He kept the secret to himself. He didn't want to spoil it. He kept experimenting and in June, he made his second sugar food, something he called Nutella, a sweet chocolate buttery substance. Everyone loved it and started calling him "Sugar Bear." He kept experimenting and made all kinds of sweet foods like cookies, muffins, cupcakes, ice cream, and brownies. The bears stopped eating healthy foods, and soon were VERY unhealthy. They were not skinny, especially Sugar Bear.