Teddiursa and the Honey Tree

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or Winnie the Pooh.

In a little house deep in Unova, a very round Pokémon named Teddiursa was doing his slimming exercises. He was breathing deeply when, all of a sudden, he felt his tummy rumble.

"Oh my," Said Teddiursa. "This up-and-downing is making me hungry."

Teddiursa hurried to the cupboard and got out his Honey-pot.

"Bother!" said Teddiursa. "There's nothing left but the sticky part."

But the sticky part was better than no Honey at all so Teddiursa stuck his nose into the pot and licked up the last little bit.

With his head deep inside, Teddiursa heard a Pokémon cry.

"That Pokémon cry means something," Teddiursa said.

Pop! He pulled his head out and saw a Combee fly out of his window.

"Combee's cry means more Combee's," said Teddiursa. "And where there is Combee, there's usually Honey!"

Teddiursa followed the Combee through Unova. When he came to the foot of a very tall tree, he looked up and saw the Combee buzzing around a hole.

"Honey!" Said Teddiursa, and he began to climb. He climbed and he climbed, all the way up the tree, all the way up to the hole.

As Teddiursa leaned forwards, the branch began to bend. The more he leaned, the more the branch bent, until he could almost reach the honey.

He leaned just a little bit more and...Snap! Went the branch and down fell Teddiursa.

He bounced from branch...to branch...to branch...

Until he ran out of branches...and landed headfirst in a bush!

"Oh my," said Teddiursa, rubbing his sore head. "I guess it all comes from liking honey so much!"

Teddiursa rubbed his head so hard that he came up with an idea- he would borrow a balloon from his friend Hilbert!

"You can't get honey with a balloon," Hilbert told Teddiursa.

"I can," said Teddiursa. "I shall hang on the string and float up to the Combee hole." He explained as he got himself covered in Bulk Berry juice from his nose to his toes.

"I'm pretending to be a little black storm cloud," Teddiursa told Hilbert. "To fool the Combees."

"Silly old Pokémon." said Hilbert. He watched Teddiursa float up, up, up into the sky and dangle right beside the hole.

Teddiursa reached in and pulled out a pawful of sweet honey as the Combees began to buzz suspiciously around his head.

"Hilbert!" called Teddiursa. "I think the Combee suspect that I am not a little black storm cloud!"

With a swoosh, the balloon's string loosened and the balloon began to lose air. It swooshed under Teddiursa and it swooshed over Teddiursa, and then it floated high above the treetops, with Teddiursa trailing along for the ride.

"Oh my," said Teddiursa.

Then the balloon had no more air at all, and down Teddiursa went, landing right on top of Hilbert!

"Oh dear," said Teddiursa, shaking his head. "I guess it all comes from liking Honey so much!"

By then it was lunchtime, and Teddiursa was hungrier than ever. So he sat down to think, and he thought first about Honey and then about Buneary, because Buneary always had some Honey in his house.

Teddiursa hurried to Buneary's house.

"Uh...err... come in, Teddiursa" said Buneary

"Why thank you Buneary,"

"How about some lunch?" Buneary asked, knowing perfectly well what Teddiursa's answer would be. "Would you like some MooMoo milk or Sweet Honey on your bread?"

"Both," Teddiursa answered. "But never mind the bread,' he added so as not to appear to have a greedy nature.

Buneary sat at the table and watched Teddiursa eat.

First, Teddiursa had a little helping of MooMoo milk and then a little helping of Sweet Honey. Then he had another helping of MooMoo Milk and another helping of Sweet Honey. Teddiursa ate and ate and ate and ate.

At last, Teddiursa rose slowly from the table and said in a rather sticky voice, "Good-bye, Buneary, I must be going."

Buneary sighed. "Well, Teddiursa, if you're sure you won't have any more..."

"Is there any more?" asked Teddiursa.

"No," said Buneary wearily, "There isn't."

"I thought not," said Teddiursa, and he started going out Buneary's front door.

Teddiursa's head reached the outdoors and his feet dangled indoors, but his middle got stuck in the middle! Teddiursa tried to go out. He couldn't. He tried to go in. But he couldn't do that either.

"Bother!" said Teddiursa. "It all comes from not having a big enough front door."

"Nonsense!" said Buneary sharply. "It all comes from eating too much." And he hurried out his back door to fetch Hilbert.

Now there was nothing for Teddiursa to do but wait. He looked at the trees blowing in the breeze. He watched the clouds sailing by in the blue sky. Then he wiggled his bottom and kicked his legs-just in case-but he was still stuck tight.

So he looked at the trees some more and spotted Noctowl sitting on a branch.

"Hello Teddiursa," said Noctowl. "Are you stuck?"

"Oh, no!" said Teddiursa. "I'm just resting."

Noctowl swooped down from his branch. "Teddiursa," he said. "You are definitely stuck. You are a wedged Pokémon in a great tightness. This situation calls for an expert."

"Did someone say 'expert'?" asked Patrat. "Patrat's my name, digging and watching's my game. Now, what seems to be the problem?"

He quickly inspected the situation. "The problem with this door," Patrat said, "is that is has a Pokémon in it. Now we could use Dig to get him out or get Forretress to use Explosion and get him out."

"Explosion? Forretress?" Teddiursa said in a very small voice.

"Forretress and Explosion!" exclaimed Noctowl. "Nonsense! We can't get Forretress to use Explosion! We might make him faint!"

"Well, think it over," said Patrat, popping back down his hole. "Let me know if you change your mind."

Finally Buneary returned with Hilbert close behind.

"Silly old Pokémon," said Hilbert, shaking his head. Then he took hold of Teddiursa's sticky paw, and Buneary took hold of Hilbert's bag strap, and they pulled and pulled and pulled.

But Teddiursa was still stuck tight.

"Teddiursa," said Hilbert. "There is only one thing to do. We will just have to wait for you to get thin!"

So they all waited.

Hilbert read Unova Myths and Legends to Teddiursa.

Noctowl lectured him on the dangers of eating too much.

Kangaskhan brought Teddiursa a kerchief to protect his head from the sun.

Girafarig made gloomy predictions about how long it might take Teddiursa to get thinner. "It could be days," he said with a sigh. "Maybe weeks, even months," he added.

Buneary grew tired of seeing Teddiursa's bottom and legs where his front door used to be, so he wedged an old picture frame around Teddiursa and put a lace doily on Teddiursa's bottom, " And now for a little splash of colour" he said and set a Berry Pot on top of the doily on top of Teddiursa. But Teddiursa kicked his legs and the Berry Pot went crashing to the ground.

Next, Buneary found two branches that looked like Swasbuck antlers, with a bit of Cottonee fluff on a stick and some Horsea ink; he painted a Swasbuck face on Teddiursa's bottom.

For finishing touch, Buneary found a board and put it across Teddiursa's legs like a shelf. "Now that's more like it!" he said.

More time passed, and still Teddiursa wasn't getting any thinner.

Kangaskhan brought her child, Kagar, for a visit. "I brought some Gracidea Flowers, Teddiursa," said Kagar.

"Gracidea Flowers? Do they have and Honey in them?"

"No Teddiursa," said Kangaskhan, laughing. "You don't eat it- you smell it."

Teddiursa buried his nose in the flowers and sniffed.

"Mmmmmm," he said. He sniffed again. "Ahhhhh." Then his nose began to tickle. "Ahhh," he said once more. "Ah, ah, ah... choo!"

"Oh dear! Oh dear!" said Buneary crossly. "Why did I ever invite that Pokémon to lunch?"

That night, Teddiursa was awakened by Patrat, who popped up to eat his midnight lunch.

Teddiursa watched hungrily as Patrat ate. When Patrat pulled out a Jar of Sweet Honey from his lunchbox, Teddiursa just couldn't stand it any longer. "Please, Patrat," He pleaded, "could you spare a small bit of Sweet Honey?"

Inside, Buneary heard voices. Why, he was sure he had just heard someone give Teddiursa some Sweet Honey- Sweet Honey that would make him even fatter and keep him stick in Buneary's front door even longer!

"Stop, stop, stop!" Buneary cried, and he rushed out his back door and around to the front just in time to snatch a jar of Sweet Honey from Teddiursa's paws. "Not a bite!" he snapped. "Not a lick! Not a drop!"

Then he made a sign and stuck it right up in front of Teddiursa where everyone could see it.

It read:

Don't

FEED

THE BEAR

The next morning, Buneary was busy tidying up. He mopped his brow and leaned against Teddiursa's bottom to rest.

Teddiursa moved!

"He budged! Hooray! He budged!" Buneary cried. "He Bidged! He Badged! He Boodged!"

He stopped to catch his breath. "Hilbert!" he said "I must get Hilbert!"

And out his back door Buneary went, off through Unova, just as fast as he could go.

Before Teddiursa knew it, along came a parade of his very good friends.

Buneary ran into his house and began to Teddiursa's bottom.

Hilbert grabbed Teddiursa's paws. Kangaskhan grabbed Hilbert, Girafarig grabbed Kangaskhan, Kagar grabbed Girafarig and they all pulled as hard as they possibly could.

Just when they were beginning to think that perhaps Teddiursa hadn't budged after all, Buneary Unfurled his ears and wacked Teddiursa in the bottom.

Pop!

Teddiursa flew out the doorway like a cork from a bottle and sailed across the grassy place in front of Buneary's house- straight towards another honey tree. He landed headfirst inside the hole in the tree.

Bzzzzzzz! Teddiursa's sudden appearance startled the Combee, and they flew out of the tree and far away over the treetops.

Teddiursa considered his new surroundings. Everywhere he looked, he saw delicious, delightful, mouth watering Sweet Honey.

"Don't worry, Teddiursa!" called Hilbert from way down below. "We'll get out!"

"Take your time, Hilbert." Said Teddiursa. "Take your time!"

AN: So who's who? Well...

Teddiursa is Pooh

Buneary is Rabbit

Tepig will be Piglet

Kangaskhan is Kanga

The baby Kangaskhan's pouch name is Kagar is Roo

Hilbert is Christopher Robin.

Girafarig is Eeyore.

Growlithe will be Tigger.

Noctowl is Owl.

Patrat is Gopher

See you next time!