Chapter Ten- "Skip to my Lou!"

"Hey, Tenderheart Bear, come on!" shouted Wish Bear. "Let's go play hopscotch with Friend Bear, Cheer Bear, Funshine Bear, Share Bear, Grumpy Bear, Bedtime Bear, Grams, Hugs, Tugs, Birthday Bear, Good Luck Bear, Secret Bear, Love-a-Lot Bear, and Laugh-a-Lot Bear!" The turquoise bear waved at the brown bear, and together they skipped to where the peach bear, the pink bear, the yellow bear, the purple bear, the blue bear, the other blue bear, the grey bear, the small pink bear, the small blue bear, the orange bear, the green bear, the other yellow bear, the other pink bear, and the other orange bear were waiting, the peach bear etching out a hopscotch court on the cloud they were all standing on.

For they were the Care Bears, the happiest creatures in the world, and they lived in Care-a-Lot, a city in the clouds populated with Care Bears, the bears who care. Care Bears went all over the world cheering people up. That was their job.

"I'll go first!" cried Hugs Bear, the littlest pink bear in all of Care-a- Lot. She picked up a stone as heavy as a feather and threw it on the hopscotch court, skipping on the court to grab it.

Hermia and Lysander teleported to Care-a-Lot and conveniently landed on the exact cloud the Care Bears were playing hopscotch on.

"Oh my goodness, who are you?" asked Good Luck Bear.

Lysander bowed grandly. "I am Lysander," he said, with an emphasis on the 'a', so it sounded like LySANder. Hermia curtsied. "And this is my wife, Hermia."

"Wow! That's cool! Are you in love?" asked Love-a-Lot Bear.

"Yes, we are very much in love. Would you like to hear the story of how we got engaged?" asked Hermia.

"No thank you," said Tugs.

"Would you like some chocolate? I'll share," said Share Bear.

"Sure, I would love some chocolate," said Hermia. She took some of the purple bear's chocolate.

"Is it your birthday?" asked Birthday Bear.

"Nope, it is not my birthday," said LySANder.

"I am grumpy," announced Grumpy Bear.

"Cheer up!" said Cheer Bear.

"Look at all of the sunshine!" said Funshine Bear.

"And the friends!" added Friend Bear.

"And all the laughter!" Laugh-a-Lot Bear commented.

"And the sleepy clouds!" put in Bedtime Bear, falling asleep rather comfortably.

"Wow, it is so happy here!" Hermia and LySANder exclaimed.

"Come on, let's play hopscotch!" said Secret Bear.

So Hermia and LySANder played hopscotch with the Care Bears.