Stan berenstain jan berenstain BERENSTAIN BEARS 01 the berenstain bears and the s ree (v5 0)

Copy right © 1978 by Stanley and Janice Berenstain.All rights reserved.. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and

Copy right © 1978 by Stanley and Janice Berenstain.

All rights reserved Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Lim ited, Toronto Originally published by Random House, Inc.,

in 1978.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Berenstain, Stanley The Berenstain bears and the spooky old tree.

(A Bright and early book; BE23) SUMMARY: One by one, three brave little bears have second thoughts about exploring the interior of a spooky old tree.

[1 Bears—Fiction.] I Berenstain, Janice, j oint author II Title.

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Three little bears.

One with a light.One with a stick.One with a rope.

A spooky old tree.

Do they dare go intothat spooky old tree?

They dare

Three little bears …

One with a light.

One with a stick.

One with a rope.

A twisty old stair.

Do they dare go upthat twisty old stair?

They dare

Three little bears.

One with a light.

One with a stick.

And one with the shivers.

A giant key.

A moving wall.

Will the three little bears

go through that wall?

Do they dare go intothat spooky old hall?

They dare

Three little bears.

One with a light.

And two with the shivers.

Great Sleeping Bear.

Do they dare go overGreat Sleeping Bear?

Do they dare?

Well …

They came into the tree

They climbed the stair.

They went through the wall …

and into the hall.

So of course they went overGreat Sleeping Bear!

Three little bears …

without a light,

without a stick,

without a rope.

And all with the shivers!

How will they everget out of there?

Up a ladder …

Through the floor …

Down a slide …

And out a door!

Three little bearsrunning fast.

Home again.Safe at last.