Henry and the HumansBy: Taylor Bartolozzi and Abby Reichen

Once upon a time, there was a bear named Henry. Henry was very different from the other bears. They only wanted to hunt and eat honey, but Henry loved going on adventures and learning new things.

One day Henry was on another one of his spectacular adventures. He somehow ended up in the nearest neighborhood where all of the humans lived. Staying away from humans, was always Henry’s parents’ number one rule. They warned him many times not to go near such a dangerous environment.

When Henry realized where he had wandered, he became very scared but, his growling stomach scared him even more. All he could think about was satisfying his hunger. He smelled something incredibly tasty nearby.

mmm something smells great!

Henry’s nose carried him to the delicious smell. The smell was coming from some strange cave-like thing that he could never imagine living in. Henry managed to wedge himself through the tiny opening and into the odd cave. Inside, he came across many things he had never seen before. The smell Henry was following was stronger than ever.

Henry’s nose brought him right to his biggest temptation, food. Right before his eyes were three uneaten pizzas. His mother has brought many pizzas to the cave before but, they were never hot and fresh. These pizzas looked so delicious that Henry’s mouth began watering so, he left a saliva puddle on the ground.

Henry was so hungry that he went straight for the largest pizza. On top of the pizza were little red circle things that smelled very peppery. Before Henry even took a bite, he started to sneeze like crazy, leaving snot all over it. Henry decided that he didn’t want to eat that pizza so, he moved on to the medium sized pizza.

Henry was very excited to try this new pizza. He saw the strangest but very tasty looking things on the top. There were little brown lumps, of what looked like meat, scattered all over. Henry took a massive bite out of it and quickly realized that the pizza was incredibly spicy. His mouth was on fire! Henry immediately stopped eating that pizza.

At this point, Henry was very discouraged because he thought his nose had deceived him. This food wasn’t tasty at all! Just as Henry was about to go back home, he remembered that there was still another pizza to try!

The final pizza was bare. There was nothing on it so, Henry thought he may like it. He cautiously took his first bite. He loved it! With a new found confidence, Henry ate the entire pizza in just a few bites. He thought it was the most wonderful thing he’s ever tasted. Once he ate it all, he had a huge stomach ache.

yummy!

After Henry’s hunger was fully satisfied, he heard a mysterious nose coming from somewhere in the cave-like place. He hesitantly walked toward the noise, not knowing what he was going to find. Henry turned to discover three TVs turned on.

The first TV was turned on to something that he’s never seen before but, it looked very familiar. He finally discovered that he was watching Animal Planet. Henry realized he recognized it because the episode he was watching was about bears. The bears were wrestling on the TV and it really frightened Henry. Henry decided to move on to the next TV.

After switching TVs, Henry immediately regretted it. On the TV, he saw a human doing weird things with food. She was mixing it all together and making things that he’s never seen before. Henry thought it was the strangest thing he’s ever watched. He just wanted to see something good.

The last TV that was on played Spongebob. Henry thought it was the funniest thing in the world. He loved it! Henry was so happy that he finally found something he loved to watch. He sat on the most comfortable rug and was extremely content.

Henry was so relaxed and happy sitting in front of the TV. He wished his friends had came with him. They all would of loved what he was experiencing. He was so happy that he fell in a very deep sleep.

Later in the day, the owners of the cave came back to their home completely destroyed. The front door was knocked down so, they walked in to investigate. They were very surprised to see what they found.

As the family walked in the kitchen, they saw a very peculiar site. Two of their pizzas were eaten and the dad’s pepperoni pizza had tons of green slime all over it. The mom’s sausage pizza only had one bite taken out of it but, their son’s cheese pizza was all gone. They followed a trail of pizza greece all the way to the family room.

The parents were too concerned with knowing someone broke into their home they didn’t hear their son yelling at them. The son was telling them that a bear was watching Spongebob! The parents finally noticed the bear and went crazy!

The families screams woke Henry from his slumber and caused him to panic. Henry hurriedly looked for the nearest escape route, which just so happened to be a window. Henry ran out of the window and back to his friends, while laughing at the humans’ scared faces.

Henry finally got back to his safe home in the forest! He searched all over for his friends to tell them all about the wonderful adventure they missed and he couldn’t wait to do it again!