Tales from the life of
BUBBA the BEAR
Book 1 - Maully the Rabbit
By Nathan Pattillo
Published by Nathan Pattillo at Smashwords
Copyright 2010 Nathan Pattillo
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PROLOGUE
Once upon a time there was a far away world that was much like our own. But there were no people on this world, only animals. They were like people in many ways. They dressed like people had businesses, and money, and government.
On this different world of animals, there was a small town named Bulah. Most of these animals were happy. All except one. Well, at least he didn’t look happy.
His name was Bubba the Bear. He lived in a small wooden house on a grassy hill that looked over the small town of Bulah. He always wore a white tank top shirt, blue jeans with a large belt buckle, cowboy boots, and a red hat. And he always carried a big sword with him where ever he went. He liked being alone and eating his favorite food; peanut butter and honey sandwiches. This is a story from his unusual life.
CHAPTER 1 - Dilbert the Wolf
Bubba walked up the path that lead back to his house from his favorite fishing spot. His fishing pole bounced on his hairy shoulder as he walked up the hill to his house. He looked up at his house as it got closer, and thought about how much he liked it. It was a small wooden house that he painted brown. He liked brown – it was his favorite color because he was a bear and he was brown. It had one window that faced out towards the small town of Bulah.
When he got in side his house he set down his fishing pole in the closet and went straight to his kitchen. He pulled out a jar of peanut butter and a jar of honey and set them both down on the little counter that was next to his sink. He looked kind of funny in his small kitchen. He was a very large bear, almost 10 feet tall. So he barley fit into his house and he had to squeeze into his kitchen. But he gladly did it to make his favorite sandwich; peanut butter and honey.
After he made his sandwich, he sat down to the table ready to eat it. Just as he picked it up to take a bite, there was a knock at his door.
Bubba just let out a frustrated growl as he heard the knock at his door. His eyes got more narrow than usual (his eyes were narrow all the time anyway), and got up to look through the window and hopefully see who it was that interrupted his meal.
All Bubba could see was the hairy end of gray tail of whoever was standing at his door. He let out a big sigh and opened the door even though he didn’t want to.
“B-B-Bubba the B-Bear. It’s, It’s, It’s, It’s, g-good t-t-t-to s-see y-you.” said Dilbert the Wolf. He was the mayor of the town of Bulah. He always stuttered when he was scared. And he, like all of the animals in the town of Bulah, were scared of Bubba. They weren’t scared of Bubba because he was a large bear or because he was ever mean to anyone. He was actually a very nice bear. They were scared of him because he almost never smiled and he always carried a large sword that was just about as big as he was strapped to his back when he went into town.
“What do you need Mayor?” Bubba said with his deep voice and draw.
“I-I-I-I n-n-need y-y-your h-help Bu-Bubba.” the mayor said stuttering badly.
“What do you need me for?” Bubba asked with a frown.
“The-the-the r-r-r-r-r-r-r-…..” the mayor tried to reply but was too scared to say anything else and just kept sounding out the letter “R” as he stared at Bubba standing over him.
“It’s all right mayor. I ain’t gonna kill ya or anything. Just take a deep breath and tell me what you need so I can get back to eating my peanut butter and honey sandwich.” Bubba said.
Mayor Dilbert the Wolf looked down at the ground and took a deep breath like Bubba asked.
“The Rabbits are coming Bubba. We need your help. They are coming for the carrots.” the mayor said, managing not to stutter. Bubba knew that carrots was what most of the animals in town grew on their farm. It was what the town of Bulah was known for. Bubba tried to tell them to grow something else but they were too afraid of him to listen. Bubba frowned more as he heard the mayor say that they needed his help. He just wanted to eat his peanut butter and honey sandwich.
“I have some extra honey for you Bubba. Just help us get rid of the rabbits.” the mayor asked sincerely. Bubba turned looked back at his sandwich that was waiting for him at the table. He wanted to eat it so bad. But, if he helped the mayor get rid of the rabbits, he could make a lot more of peanut butter and honey sandwiches with all that extra honey he would get. And he would be doing something nice to help someone. Bubba turned back and faced the mayor and said, “All right. Let me get my sword.”
CHAPTER 2 - The Plan
Bubba strolled down the long path that zigzagged down the grassy hill that he lived on. He remained patient as he walked behind Mayor Dilbert, as walked a little too slow for Bubba and seemed too cautious about the situation. It was just a bunch of rabbits anyway.
The other animals in town looked at Bubba with their usual fear, making sure they looked away as he walked past them, too scared to make eye contact with the big bear. Bubba didn’t care. He didn’t even pay attention to anything but the road ahead of him and looked like his thoughts were somewhere else.
His thoughts were infact somewhere else. First, his thoughts were on eating his peanutbutter and honey sandwich. Then, they were on a plan of how he would beat back all the rabbits without killing them, if he could. Despite what he looked like and the large sword that he had that seemed to tell otherwise, Bubba didn’t want to kill another animal if he didn’t have to.
Bubba noticed that he was walking up a hill now and looked up to see the mayor still in front of him. Bubba paused and looked back to see his small town far below and behind him. His thoughts were so focused on coming up with a plan he didn’t realize how far they had come. The city of Bulah was nestled in a small valley that was surrounded by small foothills that eventually lead to large mountains on all sides of the city. Bubba could clearly see his little brown house on the other side of the foot hills and his stomach growled. His peanut butter and honey sandwich was still there, waiting for him.
“I,I,I,I,I h-h-heard th-that the r,r,r,rabbits were coming from the North.” Mayor Dilbert the Wolf said with an annoying stutter. “S,s,s,s,so y,y,y,you should bb-b-b-bb-be able to see them c,c,coming fr-fr-from h,h,here.” The mayor finally said with obvious fear in his voice. “Don’t worry Mayor. I’ll take care of it.” Bubba said in his deep and easy going voice. The mayor looked up at Bubba as he replied and saw no fear in him. It was a look on his face that truly did look frightening. With that reply, the Mayor left without another word, hoping that Bubba would take care of it as he said he would.
With the sound of the Mayor’s foot steps gone, Bubba turned around to see if he was gone. When he couldn’t see the mayor any more, Bubba looked over at the large pine trees that were next to the hill that he was on and walked over to them. Making sure he picked out the right tree, he took his time and drew out his big sword out of its sheath and began to chop. After the large tree fell, Bubba chopped off all the branches and drug it back over to the grassy spot where he was. He set down the large tree trunk in the middle of the grassy hill and laid down his sword next to it. It was a little bit of hard work, but it was nothing for Bubba. Then Bubba sat down on that log and waited.
CHAPTER 3 - Rabbits. Lots of Rabbits!
With his stomach still growling, Bubba tried to focus on what he needed to do. But all he could think about was his peanut butter and honey sandwich! It was like it was speaking to him from across the valley saying, “Hey Bubba…come and eat me! I taste really good!” He looked out at the hill in front of him with some regret, wishing that he was there at his home eating his favorite sandwich. But, he thought about what would happen if he didn’t help the other animals in his town. The rabbits would surely eat all of the carrots and the animals in the town would have no money for their families. Plus, if he helped like he was doing, he would get some more peanut butter for his favorite sandwich.
As Bubba thought about this, he heard and felt a rumble on the ground. He looked up to the hill that was in front of him to see what looked like hundreds of fluffy cotton balls coming over the hill. As they got closer, he could see that the “cotton balls” were all rabbits. And all of them had a short and shiny sword and a dark mask across their eyes. They looked like they were all bouncing as the steadily came down the hill. They were hopping, of course. Bubba sat still and seemed to look bored by placing his head in his paws and his elbows on his knees. The rabbits kept coming down the hill and slowed down as they saw a very large bear sitting on a log. They quickly surrounded Bubba. Bubba just sat still until one of them spoke to him.