The Berenstain Bears Get Stage Fright by Stan and Jan Berenstain READ ALOUD

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by Stan and Jan Berenstein most

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in the spotlight for some the play is not what the Berenstain bears they have stage

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foreign school one day sister bear Brother Bear and cousin Freddy started talking about an important topic their teachers teacher Bob is tough but fair said Freddy who is in the same class as brother brother agreed? What about your teacher? She asked the sister if she is the easy teacher or difficult Jane. It's not easy or difficult Sister said she was good Then the bell rang and the Cubs were

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y for the school day abroad The reason Sister thought Teacher Jane was good was because she made things interesting when they were learning adding and subtracting teacher Jane set up a pretend store with play money and a toy cash register helped the Cubs learn and it was fun when the class studied words and ideas, they made posters that helped them learn too and sometimes , in reading class, instead of just reading their books, they acted out discover the stories, that's what they were doing with Grizzly stiltskin, the story of the funny old alphabet bear who was sure no one could guess his name.

Sister Bear was playing the role of the Miller's daughter who becomes a princess and has to spin straw. in gold they had reached the part where the princess has one last chance to guess the elf bear's name ah good lord red sister loud and clear we have reached the end of our guessing game because I say Grizzly stiltskin is your name That's when Grizzly stiltskin gets angry and disappears in a cloud of smoke and the princess lives happily ever after that was a very good class said teacher Jane So Good In fact, I have a surprise for you, I'm in charge of the school play. this year and guess what the play will be Grizzly stiltskin and some of you will have parts in it, then she gave you the parts, one of them had her sister's name, how fun, how excited the sister was going to be in the play the school on the auditorium stage with scenery, costumes, makeup and everything strange, it turned out that brother and Freddie had gotten parts too.

The brother was going to be the sparrow bear who discovers the name of the elf bear and Freddie was going to play the role of grizzly grizzly. The same stiltskin who are you going to be Freddie asked the sister when the sister who hadn't even thought to look turned towards her part the princess said wow she said brother and Freddy that's the main part well how about that said Daddy Bear When did you hear the news? my little princess is going to play the princess, let's just say we'd better tell the girls about Grandpa and Grandpa, and Uncle Willie and Min, calm down, dear, said Mom, taking Sister's side to Dad. she's got a lot of work ahead of her and she doesn't need a lot of fuss and excitement hmm said dad, you're absolutely right, dear, yes, why all the fuss he said brother, it's just a Dopey School play I already know my full part, listen to me, oh princess, I was deep in the forest and this is what I heard that the princess's firstborn will be mine.

If I had guessed nine times nine, I couldn't win the guessing game because my name is Grizzly stiltskin. Look, he didn't say anything, but my sister wasn't so sure. She was starting to feel a little nervous. the whole thing the next day, when teacher Jane asks her sister to take a message to the office, the sister decided to take a shortcut through the auditorium, she had been in the auditorium many times of course, but she had never been on stage, he walked up the stairs and looked over the rows of seats, it looked huge, then he imagined all the seats filled with everyone at school and grizzly grandpas and grandma and Uncle Willie and Ant-Man.

It seemed even more huge why the long face asked his brother on the way home from school the sister told him that she was worried about the play Relax, he said there is nothing to do, it's a piece of cake why can I do that part

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ding on my head, hear me, oh princess, hanging from a bridge, hear me, oh princess, and from inside a hollow log. Listen to me oh princess cousin Freddy and the gang thought brother was so funny but sister didn't even smile that night all sister's worries came to light reading a part in class just isn't the same as getting up in front of the whole school and I have to learn everything by heart she wanted how am I going to do it the same way you learn everything else said mom line by line page by page dad and I will help you plus you already know many things by heart the alphabet dozens of songs and rhymes the pledge of allegiance 'cause I bet you know enough things my heart to fill a book you already know the story all you gotta do is learn your part in practice that's what sister learned her part line by line Page by page and he practiced he practiced in his room in front of his toys oh good sir he practiced in the field in front of his forest friends we have reached the end of our guessing game he practiced in front of mom and dad because Grizzly stiltskin It's your name, it was wonderful, honey, Dad said, clapping for the perfect lyrics, yes, sister, but practicing in front of my toys and my forest friends and you and mom is not the same as going on stage in front of the whole school, how can I?

Practice for it, honey and mom, there are some things in life you can't practice, you just have to do them, but what if I get nervous and scared, he asked, oh, but you'll say, mom, I will do it, he said. Of course and Mom, everyone gets nervous when they have to perform in front of an audience, even famous opera singers and star athletes, but if you know it's natural and expect to be a little nervous, it won't really bother you much. and you will do it yourself. she proud and also she added that you will have a great rehearsal in the auditorium that will help now where is that brother of yours?

I have to finish this costume. I wish he would take this a little more seriously, Don Don't worry about him Mom said sister she can do the part of her

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ding on her head. The rehearsal helped, but in the empty auditorium it still wasn't the same as a real live audience and now, the time had finally come, the curtain was opening. Bear Country School's grizzly stilt production and there was the sister all alone on the big stage looking at the whole school and the grizzly Gramps and Grant and Uncle Willie and Ant-Man and it was a little scary but also very exciting when she heard a loud and clear voice saying I am the miller's daughter and woe is me because my father has told the king that I could turn straw into gold and I really can't, it took him a split second to realize that the voice was his from then on everything was Beautifully there was a little difficult moment near the end when it came time for my brother to do his part.

He walked on stage in his beautiful Woods Bear costume, looked at the hundreds of eyes staring at him, and completely forgot what he was supposed to say. I don't remember, he whispered, Why don't you try standing on your head? He whispered sister, but then she took pity on him and helped him with her lines. The dish ended magnificently with Grizzly stilts flying angrily and disappearing in a cloud of smoke. the applause was long and loud foreigner Fantastic show said dad fantastic congratulations said mom for a job well done a piece of cake said princess sister the end