Once upon a time, there was a river. The Nile
River, to be exact. On one side of the river lived
the rabbit, and on the other side lived the bear.

One fine day, the bear was sitting on a stump,
enjoying his breakfest of berries. Then he heard
someone yelling at him. It was the rabbit.

"Hey! Hey, Teddy, get your butt over here. I've
got something to show you!"

"Not now! I'm eating."

"Oh come on!" said the rabbit. "It's really
important."

"No way."

"Please. It's urgent."

So the bear decided to go all the way over the
wide river. It took him all day and all night to
get over to the other side. He nearly drowned. And
when he finally got there he was groaning and
panting, and wheezing for air.

"Well, rabbit," he panted. "What did you want
to tell me?"

"Hey, Teddy," the rabbit began, "look how many
berries are on the other side of the river."