The story of Tiny, the Bear
THE STORY OF TINY,THE BEAR - David Walters
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Once upon a time there was a grizzly bear called Tiny. No one knows why he was called Tiny because he was enormous. In fact he was the largest bear in all the Land of Lilliput. It was believed that he got his name from the Land of Giants. It was probably because being a Lilliputian bear the giants saw him and he was tiny in their sight so they called him ‘Tiny’.
Lilliput is where Gulliver traveled to where all the people were only about six inches tall.
One day Tiny went for a tiny walk to have a tiny adventure. He brought a tiny jar of honey with him to have a tiny picnic.
He sat down by a tiny tree and while he was enjoying his tiny jar of honey, (Well he wasn’t really enjoying the tiny jar, but the tiny honey inside the jar.) there came a tiny shower of rain. He thought, “This tiny shower will make me a tiny bit wet.”
Just at that time a boy came up to him and said, “Tiny will you please eat me?” Tiny said, “You are not a Lilliputian, you are real big and it would take me about two years to eat you up. And I am already full. For my tiny tummy is full of tiny honey. And why do you want me to eat you?” “Because I’m Flippin Awful,” said the boy. “I can see that”, said Tiny.
“You don’t understand,” said the boy. ‘Flippin’ is my first name and ‘Awful’” is my last name, and I really live up to it. Every time I mess up, my Mom says to me, “Flippin Awful you are flippin awful.’ When I go to school the teacher says, ‘Flippin Awful, your grades are flippin’ awful.’ And all the kids laugh at me. In fact they flippin’ well laugh at me all the time. And it flippin’ well hurts me, because they are flippin’ rude. “What does ‘flippin’ mean?” asked Tiny. It just replaces a bad word said Flippin. English people use it a lot.” “Are you flippin’ English then?” asked Tiny. “No! But my mom and dad are,” replied Flippin.
“Why is your last name so bad?” asked Tiny.” Because it’s awful” replied Flippin’. “What does ‘awful’ mean then?” asked Tiny who was very clever for a bear. “Yuckie! Disgusting! Stupid! Ugly!” “Well we can put an ‘e’ in the middle and it wouldn’t be awful at all.
Aweful means ‘full of awe.’ Awe means ‘wonder’, so the real meaning of your last name would mean, ‘full of wonde’r or ‘awesome’.'”
“Is that for real?” asked Flippin’. “Absolutely! Remember now your name means ‘Flippin Wonderful’ so when anyone calls your name or says you are Flippin Awful take it as a complement,” said Tiny.
So that little conversation changed the life of Flippin’ Aweful. Don’t let other people’s opinion destroy your dreams. You have the potential to succeed in whatever you do.
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