Our New Friends

On our last day in Cornwall, we made some very special new friends.  We went to visit Grizzly's sister and her family, including her grand-daughter Izzy, a very kind and thoughtful human cub who likes furry creatures and unicorns, and loves reading about our adventures.  

They live in a part of Cornwall called The Lizard, which has wonderful coastal scenery.  We looked hard but we didn't see any lizards while we were there, but we did see people surfing at Poldhu Cove.

'This would be the best place ever for a holiday!' cried Endon.  'We could build sandcastles again, or even learn to surf.'

'I think we might get too soggy and salty surfing,' I said.  But I really hoped we could play on the sand again.

When we got to Grizzly's sister's house, we met Nancy, a very nice lady bear who lives there.  She told us that she loves it when Izzy visits, as they have lots of fun together.  

We had a super afternoon with Izzy and Nancy, which started with us exploring the garden, which is like a small version of the park in Penzance, with palm trees and tree ferns, and nice smelly herbs.  

We all had fun climbing the palm trees.  Hanley Bear climbed very high in one, then found he couldn't get down again - luckily, he was just within reach for Polar's long arms.

While the small bears carried on climbing, Nancy and I sat in the rosemary, enjoying the sunshine and the lovely smell, until it was time to go in for tea.  

After tea, which included a delicious home-made rice pudding, Izzy helped us bears do some colouring in.  When it was time for her to go home, she gave us all big hugs, then tucked us into our bear basket, to go to sleep.  Because we had been out in the fresh seaside air, we all fell sound asleep very quickly.

We were all very sad to leave in the morning, as we had hoped to go to the beach again and have more adventures with Nancy and Izzy, but Grizzly and Polar said we had to go home.  When we had finished our porridge and it was time to say goodbye to Nancy, little Endon started to cry.

'We've got some more exciting things to do on the way home,' Polar said, cuddling us all.  'You can write to Nancy and Izzy, and we'll try to visit again soon, so don't be too sad.'

We promised Nancy we would write to her and asked her to hug Izzy for us, then we jumped back into our basket, and Polar carried us out to the little red car, ready for our journey home.