Lost And Found......
You will probably not believe me, Dear Readers,when I tell you that I really had No intention of telling this tale! None at All! But Sometimes, as I think you all will agree, things just don't go according to Plan! Such was the case when Tiny Bear woke up and realized that the Little Dolls were gone! He had spent Forever, it seemed, sitting on that bench with the two Little Dolls, and he had become accustomed to not being alone. Now the house was very quiet and he wondered Where they could have gone! He carefully got off the bench, something he had never done before... and started to look for his Little friends.
He went into the bedroom but they weren't in there.
He thought he would try to have a look out the window....
So he climbed onto the bed......
And crawled over the covers to the window so he could see outside.
But he didn't see them anywhere out there.
So he jumped off the bed and
decided to have a look downstairs.....
He didn't remember Ever going downstairs before....
And certainly not on his own.....
The rooms looked so Big.....
And it was Very Very Quiet!
There was no one in the Kitchen....
And no one in the Living Room!
He was All Alone!
Where did the Little Dolls go... he wondered?
Then he noticed that
The front door was open just the Tiniest bit....
He gave it a little push and poked his head outside.
Everything looked Very Very Big!
He stepped to the edge of the porch and looked around...
But he didn't see the Little Dolls anywhere.
They must be somewhere nearby, he thought...
Perhaps he would just look around a little bit.....
He jumped off the porch
and slid down the small embankment in front of the house....
there seemed to be a small path...
so he followed it along....
And before long he came to another House.
The front door was just slightly open....
So he poked his head inside....
There was a large Bear sitting in a chair just by the door!
Tiny Bear cleared his throat "Ahem..." he said.
"Excuse me, Sir, but have you seen any Tiny Dolls come this way" he asked?
"Oh, Hello!" said Teddy Bear.
"Tiny Dolls, you say? No... no Dolls at all!" he said gruffly.
"But there are Cats," he added.
"There are too darned many mangy old cats!"
"You better watch yourself....." he added.
"Those cats will scratch your eyes out if you don't run fast!"
"Ah!" said Tiny Bear....
"I see....!" he added as he headed quickly for the door.
No need to say hello to the cats!
So he wandered on....
and after a little while he came to the door of an Ancient Castle.
It looked as though it was undergoing renovations.
And once again, the door stood just a little bit open....
Ever mindful of the Possibility of cats,
he carefully climbed the last step.
He found himself in an ancient Guard Room!
There was a guard standing on duty.
Tiny Bear cleared his throat again....
"Ahem..." he said, not sure the guard would see him at all!
"Excuse me, Sir, I am looking for two Little Dolls..." he said.
"Have you seen them come this way...?"
"Dolls?" said the Guard, clearly puzzled.
"Do you mean Mannikins?"
"There are none here.... Never seen any myself!"
"But you might want to watch out for the Owls..." he added.....
"They are about ready to go out hunting for dinner..."
Tiny didn't wait around to hear what else the Guard had to say....
He ran back outside and hurried off towards the woods nearby!
But he suddenly wasn't at all sure What direction he should go....
Or which direction he had come from!
"Oh dear," he thought....
"Who could have thought two Little Dolls would be so hard to find!"
Just then he noticed a Truly Tiny fellow going quickly by.....
It was a Tiny Fairy riding a Racing Snail!
He'd never seen anyone That small before!
"Excuse me," he called out....
"Would you by any chance know where two Little Dolls might have gone?"
"Not a chance, Dear Fellow... not a chance!" the Fairy called back.
"So Sorry... I must be off..... it's the Snail Marathon, you know!"
And before Tiny Bear could reply, he was gone!
So Tiny Bear marched on Alone.
He had come to the edge of the Forest.....
And he couldn't decide which way to go.....
The World was So Much Bigger than he had ever imagined!
Perhaps he was just a little bit lost....
Searching for his Little friends....
who he thought were Lost.....
All of a sudden he heard a loud rumble of thunder....
And then he saw an Enormous Black Beast
come rushing straight towards him....
And it stopped just before running him down!
Tiny had never seen anything so Huge....
And it seemed to have Two Heads!!!
But then one of them climbed off the other one....
And suddenly Tiny Bear could see that it was just a horse and rider....
But he was still a little Alarmed....
The Largest Warrior Bear he had Ever seen was standing in front of him!
"Well, my Little Friend," said Sir Orion, as gently as he could.
"My name is Sir Orion Blackthorne..... and who might you be?"
"M-m-m-my n-name is T-tiny B-b-bear..." he stammered.
(His heart was still racing so fast....
he thought it might have caught up with the Marathon Snail by now!)
"Well, no need to be afraid, my Friend," said sir Orion, kindly.
"We Bears have to stick together and help each other out!"
"You look a little bit far from home..." he added.
"I am looking for my friends the two Little Dolls..." said Tiny Bear.
"You haven't seen them by any chance...?" he added hopefully.
"You haven't seen them by any chance...?" he added hopefully.
"I have not seen them...." said Sir Orion.
"But I can help you to look for them... it will be much faster,
and Thunder will be happy to carry you too!" he added.
And before Tiny Bear knew what was happening,
he was lifted onto Sir Orion's shoulders,
and then they jumped onto the horse's back!
And suddenly they were off in a thundering of hooves.....
Tiny Bear couldn't imagine anything more exhilarating!
And to tell you the Truth, Dear Readers,
I have No idea where they are going!
I never know What I will "Find" when I am "Lost" in my Stories....
But it looks as though Tiny Bear has Found an Adventure!
