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Sean Julianee



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For my wonderful son-in-law, Art,

and my precious, playful grandson,
Peter McKinney Min ~ MM

For Tom the Mule, Ian the Dog and Simon B Snake -
a real bunch of animals! ~ S J

LITTLE TIGER PRESS
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First published in Great Britain 2015
Text copyright © Marni McGee 2015
Illustrations copyright © Sean Julian 2015
Marni McGee and Sean Julian have
asserted their rights to be identified
as the author and illustrator of this work
under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988
A CIP catalogue record for this book is

available from the British Library
All rights reserved

ISBN 978-1-84895-330-7
Printed in China

LTP/1400/1153/0515
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It was winter and all the #

animals were busy. Soon the forest
would be covered in snow.

Fox gathered wood for winter fires while

Owl and Squirrel made pickles and jam.

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Patch the Hare tried to help, but he

got in everyone’s way — as usual.

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Peeping around the trees, the animals
saw a huge, grumbly bear dragging
branches behind him.

Everyone froze, except Patch.

“Hey, Mr Bear!” he shouted.
“Need some help?”

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Day and night

he rolled
and rumbled.

we growled.

ve howled!

“That bear sounds angry,
sald Fox.

“What if he comes after us?”

squeaked Mouse.

“Maybe he’s hungry,”

said Squirrel.

“Tll take him some food,”
said Patch. “’'m not scared

of any old bear.”

Patch made a hug’ € stack of blueberry “

and pickled onion sandwiches
and loaded them onto his scooter.

“Yoo-hoo, Mr Bear!” ~~

he called, whizzing over.

“We made you a
scrumptious snack.”

But Patch

forgot to look

where he was going...

Suddenly, his scooter
hit a rock.

Down he tumbled,

right on top of the
blueberry and onion
sandwiches.

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“Eeeek,” Squealed Mouse.

“He’s coming to get us!”

“Quick!” cried Owl. “Hide!”9

All the animals hid — except Patch,
who picked up one not-so-squashed sandwich

and walked right up to the

dark cave.

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As Patch peeked in, he heard Bear sigh:

‘T'm old and I’m cold. I’m too shiver-cold to sleep.”

“He’s not hungry,” Patch whispered.
“He’s cold. Oh poor old bear!”

All day long, Patch couldn’t stop worrying about Bear.

Finally he lay down under a tree to think. As he looked,

the leaves made a patchwork against the evening sky..
And Patch had an idea!





When the animals woke,

they were hopping’ mad.

Just then, Patch appeared.
He spread a beautiful
patchwork quilt
on the ground.

“You took my shirt,”

exclaimed F'ox.

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said Patch.
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But the animals fussed and

shouted all the more.

Suddenly Bear stomped into the clearing.
He lifted Fox into the air.

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“Tm TRYING to SLEEPY

The animals shook with fear —
except Patch, of course.

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Patch jumped onto a stump.
“Don’t be cross, Mr Bear,” he begged.
“We brought you a present — look!

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from all the animals.”

The old bear sniffed, then

gently set Fox down.

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“You gave your things ah to me? he said.

“What fine friends you arel”



Bear clutched the cosy quilt to his furry chest,
and shuffled back into the cave.

“Hey, Mr Bear,’ called Patch. “How about some
bedtime stories?”

And so, as the first flakes of snow drifted

down, the animals snuggled together

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Bear fell

fast

asleep.



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Winter is coming and Bear can’t Sleep. &
Oh how he rumbles ...

and grumbles ...

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and howls!

“That bear sounds angry!” cry the animals.
“What if he comes after us?”

But Patch the Hare isn’t scared of any
old bear and soon he has
a brilliant idea!

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