The cubs get busy playing Cat’s Cradle, Tiddlywinks, Go Fish until they are tired and she puts them to bed. Grizzle has a magic bag full of fabulous items. Grizzle arrives and the parents leave for the meeting the cubs are still a bit worried.īut Mrs. The cubs are worried, but Mama tried to assure them and tells them that Mrs. Their ball went into her garden and a kit hit her in the head. They remember some times when they weren’t very nice to Mrs. Mama Bear feels better now, but not the cubs. Grizzle, the bear that lives in the hollow stump at the end of the road. Mama Bear tells them she will get them a sitter.

They want to go to the meeting also, but it’s just for grown-ups. Mama Bear calls around – Aunt Maude is going to the meeting, Uncle Wilber is going to the meeting also. The Berenstain Bears and the Sitter by Stan and Jan Berenstain So do Gramps and Gran so who will stay with the cubs? Just anyone won’t do…

Grizzle heads back downstairs to sleep in a chair just as Mama and Papa come home from the town meeting.Who will stay home with the cubs? There’s an important meeting at the town hall and Mama and Papa Bear need to go to it. Grizzle carried Brother and Sister upstairs and gives them a bath, reads them a story, and puts them to bed. Grizzle tells them that she has things handled, with Brother and Sister wishing them to have a good meeting as they played games.Īt bedtime, Mrs. Mama, however, was not focused on the meeting and instead worried about both Brother and Sister, as was Papa. Later at Bear Country Town Hall, several bears were getting ready for the meeting. Grizzle then pulls out a string and some cards from her drawstring bag, which piques the cubs' interest. Grizzle as their sitter, making them feel sadder than better.Īfter supper, Mama and Papa head off to the town meeting just as Mrs. Mama adds that Brother and Sister are getting Mrs. Papa tells the cubs that they can't go with him and Mama to the meeting because it's for grown-ups and by the time it ends, it'll be past their bedtime. Mama then calls Aunt Maude and Cousin Wilbur, both of whom tell her that they too were going to the meeting. Inside the treehouse, Mama calls Grizzly Gran to watch Brother and Sister while they go to the meeting, but Grizzly Gran tells her that she and Gramps were going to the meeting as well. Papa receives a letter in the mail about an important meeting at the Bear Country Town Hall. Fun games will be played, and at bedtime, the cubs will be tucked snug into their beds. Grizzle is coming to babysit Brother and Sister. Mama and Papa are going out for the evening to attend an important meeting at the Bear Country Town Hall, so Mrs.

The berenstain bears and the sitter