Tale #1: How Dancing Bear Learned to Dance

Once upon a time, a big lady bear lived in her cave in the forest. At first she enjoyed eating alone and sleeping alone and playing alone. Later, she became lonely. She went into town to see what she could find. At first, people were afraid of her. But when they saw how nice she was, they started feeding her coffee bread and other treats.

One day, a friend said to her, "There is line dancing at the Legion every Friday afternoon. Why don't you come along? It only costs a dollar for a lesson."

The lady bear happened to have a dollar tucked behind her ear, so she went to dance class. She enjoyed it so much that she started going every week and became a good dancer. That is how she came to be known as Dancing Bear.

One of Dancing Bear's friends was a teacher. She said, "Please visit my class and tell some stories." And that is what Dancing Bear did. Her stories were so good that she got a job with a magazine called Spellbound. The magazine isn't being published any more, but Dancing Bear is still telling stories.