Brainstorm Bear

Brainstorm Bear

Sam was setting up tables in the driveway for the yard sale. Suddenly, he noticed a brown bear up a tree in the neighbors' yard. " Mom, there's a bear in that tree over there! ” Sam called

Sam's little sister Sarah nervously chewed on her shirtsleeve. " What if it comes down and attacks us?" Sarah asked. Mrs. Miller took Sarah's hand. " We're a safe distance away from the bear, " she said. “ Plus, it looks very happy up there. I don't think it's coming down anytime soon. "

" We need to get it down before our yard sale starts, Sam said " We could always cancel the yard sale, " Mrs. Miller said. “ I already hung up a hundred and fifty fliers, " Sam groaned. " I need to raise the money for my choir trip. I know we can get the bear to come down if we can brainstorm the right idea"

" What do you have in mind? I don't want another solution like the one you tried for the squirrels, " his mom said. Two weeks before, Sam had tried to stop the squirrels from eating all the birdseed. On a whim, he dug a moat around the bird feeder and destroyed his mother's tulips

" This is different" Sam said. “ I promised you Id draw all my ideas first before I actually do anything” . “ We could move our trampoline under the tree so the bear could jump onto it, " Sarah suggested.