Young Hungry Bears REALLY Love Peaches

Young Hungry Bears
REALLY
Love Peaches
By AD Lubow
Xiangyuan Jie
About the book
Young Hungry Bears
REALLY
Love Peaches.
This book was written for a little girl whose
By AD Lubow
granddad and father bravely waited side by
side for a wild spirited beauty to come out
late in the day in the magic hour.
1
I.
O
n quite a clear bird-songed,
calm summer day,
Something was rustling
behind the arborway,
And then a few leaves
started shaking,
Masking some bearish
trading plan in the making,
And there he was, forgetting
everything his mama teaches,
Because... young hungry bears
REALLY love peaches.
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II.
O
ut he came so brash, yet shy,
Looking as if he’d told a lie,
Slithering, sliding,
blocked by the gate,
Mad as a little leaguer
thrown out at the plate,
So plaintively he cries,
sighs and beseeches,
Because... young hungry bears
REALLY love peaches!
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III.
A
nd then he rose up
on his small hind legs,
And angled his head
like a puppy who begs,
He looked at us once,
then he looked at the fruit,
Soon any debate was entirely moot,
He was going to eat
whatever he reaches,
Because... young hungry bears
REALLY love peaches!!
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IV.
B
ut oh that sweet scent and
the way his nostrils flair it,
Sweet, sugary air in a breath
that can barely bear it.
An aroma that signifies
all that he loves,
And we, the fans, regaling
“how ’bout those cubs!”
We trained our eyes from
far afield, as from the bleachers,
Because... young hungry bears
REALLY love peaches!!!
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V.
A
nd when like a hobo
hitching on a coach,
He began to pick
and he began to poach,
He turned to us for
one more look,
As if to say, “I am not a crook.”
He was happy as a Frenchman
with little round quiches,
Because young ’ungry bears, zey
REALLY love peaches!!!!
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VI.
A
nd when he picked
his very first prize,
You could almost taste
the syrup in his eyes,
He carried the fruit
like a groom gone elopin’,
And gathered his paws
on it right out in the open,
Laying down in the sun like
those tourists at the beaches,
Because young hungry bears
REALLY LOVE peaches!!!!!
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VII.
T
hen we chased him away
to the woods out of sight,
But he came back again
on the next moonlit night,
And picking his
fights so vicariously,
He ate all the fruit and
tore down the tree,
Yet, sanctimoniously... like
a pitchman who preaches,
Because young hungry bears...
they REALLY love peaches!
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{ Bonne-maman, porticos, rocks, ferns and flowers...
energize a bear to sleep away the hours.}
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P.S. { A young, hungry bear finds his hidden niche,
when he stands up so tall and falls in love with a peach. }
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George Reid
About the Author
Fifty years before the author of this book was born,
he was painted by the Canadian artist and architect
of Runamuck Cottage, George Reid. As a child,
grand Arthur the author REALLY loved peach juice
and mashed potatoes.
©2010 AD Lubow
ISBN 978-1-4507-22737-2
Published by Are We There Yet Media
a division of ADLubow.com
For information: www.ADLubow.com/bears
REALLY!
© 2010 AD Lubow