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V.

The Bear that wasn't

Well, this is a story of a cartoon I saw about 10 years back. Like most of my life, I remember it well but I don’t understand it. Anybody, who would care to explain will be most welcome. Here goes..

There once lived a bear, who just lived like all other bears. He ate most in summer, got fat, slept in winter and loved honey. He lived in a forest which was covered with snow in winter and had typical alpine vegetation such as pine needle trees and other coniferous trees. Once he slept for a winter, thinking that it is just another hibernation. It wasn’t so.

There was a huge corporation, which decided that the forest would be a good location for a new factory. They made all the measurements and started construction of the factory in earnest. The construction proceeded speedily and before the summer came, the construction was over. The bear woke up to see not the woods but a large number of humans who were walking in a single line into a huge building and coming out all dirtier than how they went in and having a white pipe in their mouth and after they take it out of their mouth, white smoke comes out and they had a brownish liquid in their hands which they drank very slowly.

The bear walked very sleepily into the crowd of relaxing workers of the factory and wasn’t noticed. The bear’s hands were thrust with a glass of alcohol and his mouth was thrust with a lighted cigarette. The crowd went into the factory again to work. The bear was left standing in the open with a liquor glass in his hand and a cigarette in his mouth.

He felt strange. “Who are these people? What are they doing?”, he thought. Just then a worker of a factory informed the supervisor that somebody was standing in the open field with a cigarette in their mouth and have not reported back to work. The supervisor went to the bear and promptly said, “Get back to work, lazy bones.” The bear replied, “ But I am a bear. I don’t work here.” “Tell that to the manager”, said the supervisor. “OK, come on let’s go”, said the bear. They went to the manager.

“Come in, Come in”, sang the secretaries to the manager at the entrance. The supervisor started that, “ This man is not reporting back to work and is slack, I suggest you convince him to get back to work.” The manager asked, “Why won’t you go back to work?” The bear replied, “ But I am a bear.” The manager replied, “You are a stupid man in a fur coat, who thinks he is a bear. Now don’t waste my time.” The bear persisted, “No, I am a bear.” The manager was getting irritated, “This must be reported to the senior manager”, said he. The supervisor, the manager and the bear went to the senior manager.

“Come in, Come in, Come in”, sang the secretaries to the senior manager at the entrance. The manager started that, “This man is not reporting back to work and is slack, I suggest you convince him to get back to work.” The senior manager asked, “Why won’t you go back to work?” The bear replied, “ But I am a bear.” The senior manager replied, “You are a stupid man in a fur coat, who thinks he is a bear. Now don’t waste my time.” The bear persisted, “No, I am a bear.” Now the senior manager was getting irritated, “This must be reported to the chief manager”, said he. The supervisor, the manager, the senior manager and the bear went to the chief manager.

“Come in, Come in, Come in, Come in”, sang the secretaries to the chief manager at the entrance. The senior manager started that, “This man is not reporting back to work and is slack, I suggest you convince him to get back to work.” The chief manager asked, “Why won’t you go back to work?” The bear replied, “ But I am a bear.” The chief manager replied, “You are a stupid man in a fur coat, who thinks he is a bear. Now don’t waste my time.” The bear persisted, “No, I am a bear.” Now the chief manager was getting irritated, “If you don’t get back to work in five minutes, you will be fired.” The bear could not understand it, “ If I don’t work for these people and if I am a bear, how can they burn me?”, he thought. The chief manager lost his patience. He told to the supervisor, “ Throw this man out of the building. He should not be let in again.” The supervisor complied to the order but realizing the size of the bear, told him secretly, “it would be better if you simply walk away out of here.” The bear was relieved that this ordeal was over. He went out of the building and felt the chilly air. Then he felt something, he still had the liquor glass and cigarette with him. He threw them away. He shrugged. He was a bear again. He went back to sleep.

(singing) The bear that wasn’t…….wasn’t a bear at all. The bear that wasn’t…..wasn’t a bear at all. The bear that wasn’t…….bear.