Overheard On...

Gmail. Sometimes, I wonder why I'm let teach small children...

Sinead: wondering what to do for an hour at my desk and not work

me: Should have brought your DS.

Sinead: good idea

or a book

so entertain me

me: Once upon a time...

Sinead: yes...

me: there was a little bear, that lived all by himself in the woods.

One day, Little Bear was out searching for food.

He looked under rocks.

He looked inside tress.

Sinead: what was his name

me: He looked in the water.

L.B.

Sinead: did he find any yet he must be starving

me: But Little Bear, whose name was L.B., could not find anything to eat.

"Where is all the food gaone?" thought L.B.

"Where are all the yummy bugs from under the rocks?"

"Where is all the yummy honey from inside the trees?"

"And where are all the juicey fish that swim in the river?"

Little Bear didn't know.

He looked high up in the trees.

He looked low down in the valleys.

And then, he looked deep down inside a dark cave.

Sinead: oh poor LB

Sent at 1:28 PM on Monday

me: That was when he found the illegally dumped bio-hazardous waste that some careless chemical company had disposed off, allowing it to leak out and kill all the grubs under the rocks, the bees in the trees, and the fish in the rivers. And it killed Little Bear too.

The End.
Sinead: oh

did he have a mam

can she have more babies?

me: No. He lived all alone in the forest, remember. It was at the start.

Sinead: where did he come from

was he little cause he was small, or young

me: His mam had been killed years ago by hunters and was now on display in a café where fat american tourists could pose for photographs.

Sinead: oh was she born in this forest too

me: Yup. She had spent a happy life here until the day a .22 ripped through her like a hot klnife through butter.

Sinead: did LB see it happen

me: Nah. He was playing with Mr. Squirrel and Fluffy Bunny, the Hare in a Rabbit Desguise.

Sinead: are they all dead too?

Sent at 1:35 PM on Monday

me: Yea. Mr. Squirrel had a massive coronary about 6 months ago, and Fluffy Bunny had an unfortunate accident involving an articulated truck and 8 large tires.

Sent at 1:36 PM on Monday