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       There once was a bear named 

Butterball, who lived in the One Hundred 

Pound Woods. Unlike other bear cubs his 

age, he ate twice as much and was twice 

as big.   He ate thirty-two swishy fishies 

and thirteen jars of honey a day. The 

only thing on his mind was food, every 

second of every day. 

       The next fall morning, the first 

annual bear race was starting. As 

the bears were lining up to begin, 

the only thing Butterball could think 

of was honey. He couldn’t focus on 

the race and didn’t hear the 

starting whistle blow.

      His best friend In-Shape Tate 

reminded him to drop the honey and 

start running. All the other speedy 

bears pointed at him and started 

laughing because he was bigger and 

slower. After the laughing stopped, he 

knew that honey in his tummy would 

make him feel better and went to find 

the bees.

     As he was walking through the flowery 

forest and loud leaves, he slowly plodded 

his way towards the bee hive. As he 

arrived at the bee hive, he started 

stuffing his face with honey. The bees 

were snickering and laughing and told him 

that one day he would be too heavy to 

reach the honey. He ignored them and 

kept on eating his feelings. 

   After he got made fun of the second time 

of the day, he met up with In-Shape Tate. In-

Shape Tate was a vegetarian and always won 

all the races. He advised Butterball that if he 

got in shape and ate less then he would run 

faster. After he went home that day, Mama 

Bear noticed how big Butterball’s chubby 

tummy was getting and warned him that girl 

bears wouldn’t want to go to the bear ball 

with him. She also warned him that he wouldn’t 

fit into the den for hibernation. 

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