It was the last day of April. Bear Hugger was picking up acorns off the ground to feed the squirrels when he saw a flash of bright blue from behind a tree. He looked over at the deeper woods, but it was gone. He shrugged and piled the acorns into a burrow.

And there it was again! He darted his head around, and this time he saw it; a tiny creature. The little one hid back behind a tree when he saw Bear Hugger looking at him.

"Hey," said Bear Hugger, going over to the tree. "Who're you, li'l fella?"

The creature poked his head back out, and Bear Hugger got a good look at him. The little guy was a forest elf, with pointy hairs, sea green hair, and huge ocean blue eyes. "Well, aren't you a cute li'l fella," said Bear Hugger. "Where's yer family?"

The elf shrunk into himself. Bear Hugger assumed that he was all alone. He coaxed him over, and brought him over to the cabin. When he got inside, Cy came to the door to see what was going on. They both thought the little elf was simply adorable.

"Can we keep him?!" They both asked in unison.


The next day, when Bear Hugger got to the arena, he brought Cy and the elf with him to hang out in the lounge.

"Bon matin, Barney," said Joe, absentmindedly pouring some coffee. (Good morning, Barney.) When he looked up, he did a quick double take. "Oh, qu'est-ce que nous avons ici?" (Oh, what do we have here?)

The other boxers came over to see. "He's adorable," cooed Katrina.

"This is our new son," said Bear Hugger. "Found him in the woods yesterday. We call him Raine."

"ओह, यह चतुर है," said Great Tiger. "क्योंकि कल अप्रैल का आखिरी दिन था." (Oh, that's clever, cause yesterday was the last day of April.)

Both were slightly confused. "What's that got to do with it?"

"It's like that saying," said Mr. Sandman, "April showers bring May flowers. You found him in April and called him Raine, and now it's May, and he's your flower."

"Oh." Bear Hugger and Cy looked at each other. "We called him that cause Barney's last name is Forrester. I mean, Raine Camore doesn't really sound as good."

"ああ, "熱帯雨林" のように." (Oh, like "rainforest".)

"Сколько ему лет?" (How old is he?)

"Dunno," said Bear Hugger, "but I wanna say three. He can walk, run, and feed himself, but he doesn't talk."

"Yes I do," said Raine. The entire room laughed.

"Tu sais, ca c'est me recordar a une histoire. Une fois, je ne peux pas trouver mon téléphone mobile pour sauver ma vie, et Katie, elle a trois ans a ce temps, elle me dit "papa, tu laisses ton téléphone au salle de bain," et j'étais comme, quoi? Mais c'était la!" Joe chuckled. (You know, that reminds me of a story. One time, I couldn't find my cell phone to save my life, and Katie, she was three at the time, she told me "Daddy, you left your phone in the bathroom", and I was like, what? But it was there!)

The boxers all shared a chuckle, while Raine simply looked around at everyone in the room.

Bear Hugger sat on the couch. "So, since we're on the topic of kids, how's that niece of yers, Riki?"

"さくらはとても健康的です," said Piston Hondo. "奇妙なことに, 彼女はお腹が空いたときに泣きません; 彼女はくしゃみをします." (Sakura is very healthy. Oddly, she doesn't cry when she's hungry; she sneezes.)

Raine cocked his head. "You have a baby?"

Piston Hondo shrugged. "私の妹はします." (My sister does.)

Raine looked up at Bear Hugger. "You have weird friends."

The entire room erupted into another fit of laughter. "Dude, you just got roasted by a baby," roared Super Macho Man, smacking Piston Hondo on the back. Piston Hondo just scowled.