Oh, my sweet Little Bear.  You came with me, sneaking away into the inside corner of my closet, where you taught me to read.  You showed me the way to the Moon.  I believed Ducks would surely join me at the my next Birthday dinner.  I can’t imagine I was alone in loving you.  I brought you with me into adulthood, along with these carefully tended pages.  My girls love you too, maybe even more, as they’ve seen you come to life on the screen.

Goodnight, Little Bear.  Rest well in your fur coat, with belly full of Birthday Soup, surrounded by Lucy and the crew.  Thank you for the memories.