Once in a very sweet land, there was a beautiful world made of two colours. The ground below was a bright, happy blue, smooth and calm like a gentle river. High above, the sky was a soft, creamy white, just like a big glass of warm milk.

In this wonderful place lived a very special little bear named Israel.

 

Israel was a soft, brown bear with a little round nose and happy little ears. Today was a very important day. It was a day for a grand adventure. It was a day for a party!

Israel wanted to look his very best. He pulled out a beautiful, bright blue bow tie. He tied it right under his chin. It matched the happy blue ground perfectly, then patted his tummy and smiled.

He looked around his sweet world. Down on the bright blue ground, his best bear friends were already gathered, and they were very busy playing.

They giggled and laughed, playing with wonderful bouncy balls! The little bears rolled the chocolate brown, snow white, sky blue, and shiny gold balls back and forth.

"Where are you going, Israel?" called one of his little friends.

"I am going on a trip!" Israel called back. "I am going on a balloon ride!"

Right beside Israel was a magical hot air balloon. It was shiny like gold and had the number 1 on it that was also made of gold. Israel carefully climbed inside the little golden basket, and said:

"Ready, set, go!" Slowly, gently, the golden balloon began to float. Up, up, up.

It floated up from the blue ground and into the soft, creamy white sky. Up here, the air felt sweet.

Suddenly, Israel saw the most wonderful things floating in the creamy white sky. Clouds! They were thick, soft, puffy white clouds that looked like marshmallows. Israel reached out a little brown paw and gently tapped a cloud. It was so soft!

 

The golden balloon floated carefully between the puffy white clouds. Israel looked closely. Hidden among the clouds were more of his little bear friends! They were peeking out, smiling and waving. They had climbed high into the sky to wait for him.

"You made it, Israel!" they cheered.

 

All the little brown bears gathered around Israel and his number one golden air balloon.

He looked at all his friends and smiled his biggest, happiest bear smile, and they all played together all day.