Chapter 6

Tender Heart, Cozy Heart Penguin, Swift Heart, Gentle Heart Lamb and Treat Heart Pig all decided to meet up in the Forest of Feelings to figure out better ways to protect Thelma from No Heart. "I just don't get it, Tender Heart." Cozy Heart Penguin whistled. "Why can't we just drop the doll and let it break or something?" "Because, Cozy Heart," The brown bear explained, "There's only one way to destroy the doll...but I'm not exactly sure how to do it. If we destroy it with...say...a Care Bears Stare, it'll wipe out everyone's feelings! Just like if we opened the cave! If we destroy it the PROPER way, it won't affect anyone's feelings at all"

"Maybe we need to put it in a box and ship it down the river!" Treat Heart Pig oinked. "Or we could bury it!"

"I'm not planning on taking my chances." Tender Heart said. "We have to destroy the doll, but we have to do it the right way."

"I have an idea…if it would help." Gentle Heart Lamb bleated. "Why don't we ask Bright Heart Raccoon to look it up in a book?"

"That's a great idea, Gentle Heart!" Tender Heart commented.

When they arrived at Bright Heart's house, they rang his doorbell. The group had to wait a few minutes because the purple raccoon had his little nose buried in a book.

Finally, he answered.

"Hiya, Bright Heart! We need a little help with something. Do you have a book about Care Bear legends?" Tender Heart asked. Bright Heart nodded and welcomed them into his home. Cozy Heart, Gentle Heart, Swift Heart, Tender Heart, and Treat Heart were free to look around in the drawers for the book they needed.

"I found it! I found it!" Treat Heart squealed. Everyone rushed over to the yellow pig. She opened up the book to the section titled "The Wooden Doll." And she read aloud:

"The Wooden Doll is the most effective way to permanently wipe out everyone's feelings on Earth, which can cause Care-A-Lot to be destroyed. To wipe out the feelings of everyone, one must travel to the center of the Earth, and locate an underground cave. They must use the doll as a key to open said cave. They'd have to point the doll towards the cave (head first), and a powerful, blue beam of light will shoot from the doll. The door to the cave will crumble, and the cave will be opened. Once it is opened, all feelings on Earth will be gone forever, leaving the world in chaos and Care-a-Lot annihilated." Treat Heart shivered as she read this. "Ooh. That sounds pretty awful! Now let me see how to destroy it." She turned to another page and read: "However, there is only one way to destroy the doll. If one should destroy it another way, all feelings on Earth will be wiped out."

Tender Heart beamed, glad that he had been right.

Treat Heart kept reading: "If one desires to destroy the doll, they must collect the following items:

1. The Jewel of the Dawn. Hidden in the Forest of Feelings in a rainbow colored tree, the rarest of all trees. After finding it, jab it into the wooden dolls face.

2. A small, glittering piece of a totem pole. Can be found at a certain summer camp...at this summer camp, you'll find a boy who refers to himself as 'the camp champ'. Jab the glimmering totem pole piece into the dolls torso.

3. The Queen of Wonderland's crown. Can be found in Wonderland. Jab it into the dolls legs/feet area."

Treat Heart took a breath. "Wow. That's a lot to remember." She wheezed. "I say we get started right away!"

"Good. I like your attitude, Treat Heart." Tender Heart said, smiling in approval.

"Can we eat first?" The little pig asked.

"NO!" Everyone yelled.

"Well...can we at least pack snacks on the way?" Treat Heart said, looking cute.

"Well...all right." Tender Heart said, and Treat heart squealed gleefully.

"Well what are we all waiting for?" Bright Heart inquired, suddenly exuberant. "Let's go find what we need!"

They all cheered joyfully, and made their way back to Care-a-Lot for a meeting.