"Oh, but you musn't!" said the little girl.
"Why not?" growled the bear. "WHY NOT?"
"Because!" shouted the girl, with all of her might, throwing her arms up in the air. Then she whispered it, dropping her arms again and looking suddenly very, very small. "...because."
And that tiny whisper broke the big bear's heart, broke it neatly in half like the two pieces of a walnut, and he sat down hard with the shocking swiftness of it, and the tears in his eyes.
"Oh," said the bear, "I see." And he did.
He really did.
I wish the bears in my life had seen. I really, really do. Thanks for sharing.
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