The Boy and the Bear Transcript
Micah (Knob Twister)Host00:06
Welcome again to Tales of Bedlam and this very special bonus episode.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host00:11
Bonus. We love a good bonus From our new good friend Amelia Brown.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host00:18
She's in Cambridge, uk.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host00:20
Yep, united Kingdom. We love our friends in the UK.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host00:24
This very accomplished writer who has allowed us to read a couple of her stories. I will have some Links for her blog page In the show notes and on our website At talesofbedlamcom. Dustin, tell us a little bit about Amelia Brown, please.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host00:41
I would love to. Amelia Brown started writing officially as a humor columnist for her university's newspaper In September of 2016,. She won an honorable mention in the Writers of the Future contest for her short story, a Womb at the Edge of Space. She will be published in the 81 Words Anthology sometimes blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. We'll start that again. She will be published in the 81 words anthology sometimes some blah, blah, blah, blah. We'll start that again. She will be published in the 81 thirds anthologies is that word?
01:14
81 words anthology she will be published in the 81 words anthology sometime in the next two years and she is the author behind the blog fairy stories and other tales and that is the link that we'll have on our website. If you want to go there and check out our other stories, do it. Check it out, do it? Recently featured in the warren story section of the dead rabbits books literary press website, amelia has just semi-retired, at a great risk and at far too young of age, from academic life in Cambridge, uk, to write in the quantity her heart desires, and we're glad she did, because now we get to read her stories and they're awesome.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host01:57
We have a lot in common with her we love stories and we like to write too.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host02:00
And I'd like to be retired.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host02:06
Maybe someday, this podcast will actually make some money I make all kinds of money.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host02:11
What are you talking about? What? You make money, but you didn't get those huge, lump, head-sized lumps of gold that they sent in no well what. You better talk to the accountant.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host02:25
I'm owed some back pay. Today's tale is the Boy and the Bear. The Boy and the Bear. Today, the voice of the boy will be played by None other than.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host02:37
Me, micah, and the voice of the bear Will be played by Dustin the shadow only knows the Boy and the bear would be played by Dustin the shadow only knows the boy and the bear. Once upon a time, like the way that starts, once upon a time, a young lad went out to the river to catch fish for his dinner. Oh well, I'm not a big fan of fish, but whatever, Whatever floats, you guys' boats man.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host03:03
I love fish, fish, especially since this will probably be trout I know I'm not excited about fish at all.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host03:11
I mean, if I was starving several times I didn't say I don't like to go fishing. I still don't like to eat them on the they. They're just way too fishy. Anyway, okay, once upon a time a young lad went out to the river to catch fish for dinner. On the other side of the river stood a bear, his gaze transfixed on the fish-laden rushing water before him as he readied himself to take the plunge. He's gonna get him.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host03:45
Get him bear, but half the fun is catching the fish.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host04:03
No, he's not doing it for fun, he's doing it for eating, he's hungry, yeah, starving All right, right, sure, that's work. And why would I do that? Returned the bear looking up from his prey, reluctantly, really.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host04:25
That was awesome. The lad shrugged it would be a simple thing for you to do, came his response.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host04:34
The bear considered I'll do it, but only if you find me a mate down the way into the forest in the spring and I should be getting around to it.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host04:46
The boy gave this condition some thought, hmm, and the idea of continuing his walk until he found another bear appealed. At least he would not have to get wet.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host04:59
What kind of fishing was he doing?
Micah (Knob Twister)Host05:01
He was jumping in. I guess he probably didn't have a pole. Oh, so he was probably going to do the way the bear was. He was noodling it. Agreed, the lad said, and he set off to complete his task with a grin and a whistle playing on his lips.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host05:18
Nicely done. So no, nice, are you whistling the Muppets? That's awesome Together again, da-da-da-da, nice, nice, who you whistling the muppets? That's awesome together again, nice, now you've. I had a thought, and now you've. You've whistled muppets and it's went right out of my head. I blew it up. So so wait this. This boy thinks he's gonna walk into the forest and find a lady bear and talk her into coming down to mate with the other bear.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host05:49
Oh, I you know that's dangerous it is a fairy tale.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host05:57
The bear, relaxed and free from the annoyance of mating rituals it's very annoying. Mating rituals are annoying went about the business of catching his dinner when he was full. He caught up a fish for the boy in his mouth and steadied himself to fling it onto the dry bank. Oh okay, yes, but it felt so delightfully slippery in his mouth perhaps it would not hurt to have just one more. After swallowing the fish, he caught another, but the same thing happened.
06:32
And again and again he tried to fling the fish to the other side, but, alas, it was too tantalizing not to swallow Until, all of the sudden, the river was empty. He ate all the fish in the river and his stomach felt as though it would split itself and burst from all the fish in his body.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host06:56
That is a lot of fish, mr bear the boy meanwhile discovered that female bears are not readily happened upon like fruit on a tree that's amazing. And also that the further one goes into the forest, the denser it gets, making it hard to spot anything save branches and shrubs.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host07:20
So true Still, he persisted and told himself it was much better to be scratched than to get wet. Eh, I don't know.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host07:32
But as the evening passed, he did not find what he sought. Finally, when the night began to fall, he made his way back empty-handed, only to find the bear flipped onto his back, with his stomach so round and full that, surely, if it grew any more in size, it would pop Fat bear hey, cried the kid, for he had deduced that since there were no fish beside the bear, indeed, the river that had once teemed was now only full of rushing water.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host08:09
Wow.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host08:15
All of them had wound up in the bear's belly. There are no more fish. You've eaten them all.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host08:25
I did try, groaned the bear, but every time I caught one I could not but keep it for myself. He moaned, and as he did he turned his head to look alongside the boy. But ho, I see no mate beside you.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host08:40
The boy held the bear's gaze, then dropped his head.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host08:45
Shamed.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host08:46
Well no, admitted the lad, I could not find another bear. The one stared at the other until the bear closed his eyes and whimpered at the agony in his belly. The boy went home empty-handed and both thought they would have been better off If they had attended to their duties themselves.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host09:12
And I agree they should have stuck to their own duties.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host09:16
This is definitely more a fable than a fairy tale Because of the moral, the moral right at the end.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host09:23
Yep, it's laid out Very clear. Do your own thing. Do what you're supposed to do yeah, if you're a dude, don't go searching for lady bears in the forest and if you're a bear, don't fish for the dude he needs to get himself a fishing pole. He should come here, springfield, missouri and check out bass pro shops yeah, heck, yeah, he'd get himself a nice pole with the Bass Pro Shop.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host09:51
And maybe a shotgun for that bear oh my gosh, that's so violent.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host09:57
You don't need to be shooting bears with shotguns. Just leave them alone. They're just eating their fish, no bear ever hurt you.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host10:05
Well, I don't intend one to. Oh my gosh.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host10:11
These people and their guns.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host10:13
I hope you enjoyed your bonus for the month. We like to throw these in every once in a while because we love our listeners and we hope our listeners love us.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host10:23
Oh, they do, and thank you again, amelia.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host10:27
Yes, we'll have links for her in the show notes and on our website, so, if you would check her out, she has lots of great stories for you, the listener, to read, and don't forget to subscribe to her.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host10:41
Yeah, absolutely, you won't be disappointed. Great stories.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host10:45
Thanks again and bye, Bye.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host10:50
Bye-bye now. I'll see you next time.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host10:55
I got to do it again.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host10:57
Oh.
Micah (Knob Twister)Host10:59
I'll see you again next time.
Dustin (Sofa Sitter)Host11:04
Perfect.