Bright Heart's Baby
It was a beautiful day in Care-A-Lot, and Bright Heart Raccoon was weeding the Forest of Feelings gardens. He was enjoying the warm sunshine when he heard a soft crying sound.
"Huh? Who's there?" Bright Heart swiveled his head around to find the sound, but did not see anything. He continued working, but the sound increased in volume. This time, he put down his weeder, and search to where the cries were coming from. He stopped at a thicket, where the sounds were definitely more prominent. His thick tail shot up, and his eyes widen in surprise.
"Why, it's a baby raccoon." Bright Heart picked up the tiny aqua colored infant and rocked it in his arms. All of a sudden, the baby stopped the cries, and looked up at the larger purple raccoon, and smiled.
"There, there now," Bright Heart soothed. Everything will be okay. Where is your mother? Surely, she must be looking for you." He looked around again, but all was quiet in the Forest of Feelings. He looked down at the baby again, and noticed that the infant had a tiny pink hair bow tied prettily atop of her head, and the common red heart birthmark on her bottom.
"You're a Care Bear Cousin," Bright Heart observed. "But how in the world did you get here?" Even genius Bright Raccoon, the inventor and quick problem solver in the Care Bear Family, did not have all the answers.
"Well, I guess I better take you home with me. It can be dangerous out here." Bright Heart abandoned his tools, and went straight to his house. At first, he did not know where to put the little raccoon. He knew babies, like this one, needed a crib, bottles, formula, food, diapers, warm clothes, a car seat, blankets, toys, and other things.
"I'll call Grams Bear. She'll know what to do and can help me. After all, she helped raised me and the others when we were cubs." Bright Heart sat down on the blue heart-backed sofa with the child, who fell into a sleep, and dial Grams Bear's number. A few rings later, she picked up on the other end.
"Hello? Who is there?' She asked. Bright Heart took a deep breath and replied,
"It's Bright Heart Raccoon, Grams. And I really need some help right now."
"Why of course, Bright Heart. Whatever you need, my darling," Grams said happily.
"I found a baby raccoon Cousin, and I have to learn how to raise her."
Then, there was silence on the other line.