"The Dog and the Bear with Cactus Paws" video
As told by Paul Vincent Rodriguez
Once upon a time there was a dog and a bear who were
friends. The bear had a nervous habit of patting the dog on the back which was
kind of annoying. The dog lived in a house with a human family which made his
life easier than the bear’s. One day the bear wandered in to the human’s yard.
The man got his cactus gun and shot the bear on his paws making him run away. The
dog ran after his friend the bear and found him in the woods. The bear was so
glad to see the dog that he tried to pat him on the back. The dog ran away
because he was afraid of getting hurt by the cactus stuck in the bear’s paws.
He ran by a Jello tree and got an idea of how he could help the bear. He
spray-painted a picture of his back on the Jello tree then ran back to get the
bear. The bear was again happy to see him and tried to pat him on the back but
the dog moved each time the bear tried. Each move the dog made away from the bear made the bear
more and more frustrated and moved him closer and closer to the Jello tree. The
bear swatted harder at the dogs back and moved quicker in the dog’s direction
each time he missed with his pat – which was quickly becoming more like a slap
or a swat. The dog knew it was really going to hurt if the bear connected with
one of these. Finally the dog reached the Jello tree with his back painted on
it. He sat in front of the tree and waited for the bear to catch up. While he
waited he looked deep into the Jello and noticed that it had fruit in it. He liked
Jello with fruit in it. Especially oranges and cherries which were both in this tree. He was starting to get hungry when heard the bear approach. He sat still until the last moment when the bear's paw flew toward him. He jumped out of the way just in time and the bear's paw, and the cactus, stuck in the Jello tree. The cactus was so stuck that it stayed in the tree when the bear pulled his paw back. The bear was free from the cactus. This, of course, earned the dog a nice, big pat on the back.
