The Angry Bear
About This Story
This heartwarming story follows Boris the bear who becomes very angry when he discovers someone ate all the raspberries he had been watching grow. Through his emotional journey, Boris learns how to handle his anger in healthy ways with help from wise Sophia Owl. Children will learn that feeling angry is normal, but there are positive ways to manage these big emotions: taking deep breaths, finding a safe place to stomp out frustrations, talking about feelings, and not hurting others when upset. The story teaches valuable emotional intelligence skills while showing that sometimes disappointments can lead to unexpected new friendships and opportunities.
Hello! My name is Boris and I’m a bear. I live in Pine Corner, in a cozy den under the big root of an old pine tree. I like raspberries, naps in the sunshine, and my friends from the forest.
But today… today I was VERY angry 🎵!
In the morning, I woke up in a super mood. I stretched, yawned, and thought: “Aha! Today I’ll eat my delicious raspberries!”
You know, at Sunny Meadow grew the most beautiful, sweetest, most wonderful raspberries in the whole world! I had been watching them all week. I watched them grow, become more and more red and juicy. Yesterday they were still a little too green, but today they were going to be PERFECT!
I ran quickly 🎵 to the raspberry bush.
And what did I see?
Someone had eaten ALL my raspberries! Not even one was left!
“GRRRR!” I growled loudly.
I felt myself getting hot. Very hot! As if I had a big, hot balloon in my tummy that was getting more and more inflated. My paws started shaking, and my fur stood up like Henry Hedgehog’s spines!
“Who did this?!” I shouted. “WHO ATE MY RASPBERRIES?!”
STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! — I stomped my paws so hard that the ground shook 🎵.
I saw Jack Rabbit hopping across the meadow.
“Jack!” I roared. “Was it YOU who ate my raspberries?!”
Jack jumped up in fright 🎵.
“N-no! I only eat carrots and cabbage!” he said quickly and disappeared into his 🎵 burrow.
Then I saw Fiona Squirrel collecting pinecones.
“Fiona!” I called angrily. “Was it YOU who ate my raspberries?!”
“Boris dear, I only eat nuts and pinecones!” said Fiona and quickly climbed up 🎵 a tree.
I was getting angrier and angrier 🎵! That hot balloon in my tummy grew and grew 🎵!
