AnnieThe Polar

BearBy Dustin Tody

My name is Annie. Do you wanna know a secret?

I’m part POLAR BEAR!

I t ’ s T r u e !

Mommy said Daddy is BEAR POLAR

Daddy a n d I l o v e t o

p l a y A n d w e h a v e t h e

best A d v e n t u r e s

B u t f o r a w h i l e D a d d y g o t r e a l l y

g r u m p y a n d t h e n

h e ’ d h i b e r n a t e

He’d just sleep al l day

And then get mad i f I bothered him

Plus, he never wanted to play

Did I do something wrong?

Is he mad at me?

Maybe I ’m not

Good enough

Anymore

What i f he acts more l ike a bear and tr ies to eat me!

I t r ied so hard to make Daddy love me again

B u t h e j u s t k e p t g e t t i n g m a d

And then I was sad a l l the t ime

Mama a lways taugh t me tha t i s someth ing i s

hurting me o r i f I ’m rea l sad in s ide , tha t I

have to te l l someone

And I’m

glad that I

did!

Mama sa id “Of course not sweetheart!

He’s not mad at youAnd he’s not a POLAR

BEAR . ”“Daddy is BI

POLAR . I t means sometimes he’s

rea l ly , rea l ly happy and sometimes he’s rea l ly , rea l ly sad. He just can’ t help

i t .”“A l l D a d d y n e e d s i s

A l i t t l e h e l p

A l o t o f l o v e

A n d h e ’ l l b e j u s t

fi n e . ”

S o I d i d m y b e s tI l o v e d D a d d y a s h a r d a s I

c o u l d

E v e n i f i t s e e m e d l i k e h e w a s n ’ t t o

h a p p y a b o u t i t

W i t h s o m e

h e l p f r o m

o u r d o c t o r

A n d a

l i t t l e b i t

o f

M e d i c i n e

D a d d y ’ s a l o t b e t t e r n o w

H e s t i l l h a s h i s g r u m p y d a y s

B u t I k n o w h e c a n ’ t h e l p i t

A n d e v e n t h o u g h

D a d d y i s B i P o l a r

I k n o w

h e s t i l l

l o v e s m e

S o m e t i m e s ,

A l l w e n e e d

I s a l i t t l e h e l p

… . A n d w e s t i l l g e t t o b e

P o l a r B e a r s

Fin