This story is dedicated to my kindergarten buddy, Melah. Can you find the hidden characters?

            nce upon a time, there was a little girl named Reese. She was asked to deliver biscuits to her grandmother, who was very ill. "Stay on the path, and never talk to strangers.” her mother advised.  

    Reese left the house and strolled down the path. 

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         arther up the path, lived the Hare family, including; Daddy Hare, Mama Hare, and Baby Hare. They were getting ready for dinner. “Time for dinner, it’s your favorite porridge!” announced daddy hare.

    Baby hare took a sip. “OW! My porridge is way TOO HOT!” Baby Hare cried.

        “Oh dear,” Mama Hare sighed, suddenly having an idea. “Let’s take a walk, and by the time we get back, the porridge will be just right.” Mama Hare proposed.

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     herefore,  they went on their walk.

Then Reese ran into a bear, a grizzly perhaps. It was more brown than a black bear, but smaller. The bear glanced at the girl, then asked, “Where are you heading off to?” 

       “My grandmother’s,” she answered, immediately. 

       “Maybe I know her, where does she live?” The bear peered at the hot, delicious, smelling, biscuits. Then quickly turned to Reese. 

    “She lives in a cottage in the woods.” Reese declared, suspiciously.

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    Reese smiled warmly, then ran forward toward the

path that the bear told her to travel down. Minutes later, she encountered a cottage, maybe it was her grandma’s! She knocked on the door, no answer. Rang the doorbell, no answer. “She must be sleeping.” Reese said. 

    Reese tiptoed into the house, and there were three bowls of porridge on the counter.

“I’m pretty hungry,” Reese stared at the bowls of porridge. “She won’t mind.” 

She tried the biggest bowl, it was way too spicy. The medium-sized bowl, a little too cold. “My grandmother must love porridge.” Reese said.

     Trying the third bowl of porridge. ‘Yum!’ She thought the third bowl was perfect and  gobbled it down quickly. 

    “All that walking made me tired!” 

    Reese yawned, and went upstairs. Fortunately, she found three beds. “Does my grandmother need three of everything?” She asked herself.

              eese sat on the small bed, it collapsed.  She tried the big bed, she couldn’t even get on it!

Finally, she tried the medium sized bed and oh, it was perfect!

    “I’m not tired anymore, maybe my grandma is outside.” 

Reese went into the backyard, she saw not one, not two, but three trampolines! 

    “Ooh,” Reese grinned. 

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