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In the country of Canada, far, far away from 

Ireland is a beautiful place called Banff 

National Park.   Banff is where many people go 

to ski each year.   The scenery is breathtaking 

and the mountains surrounding this park are 

the Rocky Mountains.   When standing on top of 

them and looking up, they are so very high 

that it seems the next place up must be 

Heaven.   There are many wild animals living in 

the mountains.   The biggest of them all are the 

huge Brown/Grizzly Bears.  

They grow so big they are the kings of the 

mountains.   There are about 25,000 Grizzly 

Bears living in Canada.   They are usually called 

Brown Bears but because the hair on their 

heads and shoulders is rather long, with the tip 

of the hair being white, they got the name 

Grizzly.   These Bears weigh a lot but can run 

forty miles an hour.   They can smell and hear 

very well but have poor eyesight.   They live for 

about 15 years unlike humans who can live to 

be 100 years.   They have very long claws 

which are very good for digging in the ground. 

They love to eat berries, grass, seeds, deer, elk 

and fish, particularly Salmon. 

In the mountains in Banff lives a very special 

family of Bears.   In this family are three boys 

named Sal, Kyle and Ross. They live with their 

Grandpa whose name is Jonny.   Grandpa takes 

great care of his three boys since they came to 

live with him.   They are living with their Grandpa 

since their parents died from eating some really 

bad food. He is very protective of the boys and 

they love him very much.

In Ireland is a place called Cork. There, lives a 

wonderful five year old boy named Kyle.   Kyle is 

no ordinary boy. 

He is a gentle and kind boy.    He loves learning 

about different places around the world on his 

computer.   His Mum and Dad encourage him to 

learn, and he dreams of traveling to those places 

when he grows up.   Kyle has lots of Uncles and 

Aunts who love him very much.   He has a 

favorite Uncle, Alan.   Uncle Alan takes time to 

play with Kyle and helps him with his computer 

skills.   Kyle goes to school each day and his 

teachers say that he is a good boy, and is 

attentive in class.   He likes school but sometimes 

he would rather play on his computer.

One day in the middle of summer, his Mum 

arrived home from work and was full of joy and 

excitement.    There was a draw held at her 

work. The prize was a family trip to Banff 

National Park in Canada. To her amazement she 

had won the trip.   It was the most exciting thing 

that ever happened to them. They talked of 

nothing else for the following weeks.   Eventually, 

they decided to put off taking the trip until the 

following December. In Canada it snows a lot 

and they could spend Christmas there in the 

snow.  

None of them had ever skied before, so his Mum 

and Dad loved the idea of learning while in 

Canada. They planned on all three of them 

taking lessons.   From that day on, Mum and 

Dad saved as much money as possible for the 

trip.   In November Mum bought ski cloths for all 

of them. 

The summer months passed and finally the big 

day in December arrived.   They left home very 

early in the morning while it was still dark, and 

took a taxi to Cork Airport.  

Kyle had been on a plane many times before 

and loved flying.     All three of them were 

bubbling over with excitement.   They took a 

plane from Cork to London and then a very long 

trip to Canada.   It took a whole day to get 

there.   Kyle watched movies and ate lots of 

snacks on the flight.   He was thrilled that he 

could have a fizzy drink any time he wanted. 

Having fallen asleep for about 3 hours, the 

plane was preparing to land when he woke up.  

“Fasten your seat belts” announced the flight 

attendant. 

With the seat belt in place, Kyle felt that he 

was flying the plane himself.   “When I grow up 

I will be a pilot”, he told his Dad.

On arriving in Calgary airport, they picked up 

their bags and took a long bus trip to Banff 

National Park.   Tired but excited they arrived 

at the Hotel.   While his Mum was unpacking 

the cases, Kyle watched the wonderful new 

bright coloured cloths thrown on the bed.  

They were special cloths to keep them nice and 

warm while skiing.  

Mum told him to try on his new snow suit.  

Laughing, Kyle and his Dad put on their suits and 

said that they felt like spacemen.    Mum 

explained that in the morning all three of them 

were going to the mountains where they would 

have ski lessons.   Kyle asked many questions 

about skiing and his Dad did the best he could to 

answer.   So it would be a new and wonderful 

experience for all of them.

It was late in the evening when they finally 

went down for dinner and walking through the 

Hotel, Kyle thought it was the most beautiful 

place he had ever seen.   Standing in the 

middle of the Lobby was a huge Christmas 

tree. Lights hung from every window, and 

Christmas music sounded from the ceiling. 

They ate dinner and then took a walk outside. 

There, in front of the Hotel was a beautiful 

frozen lake with a castle made of ice in the 

middle of it.   People were skating around the 

Castle, shouting, laughing and having fun. 

Kyle sat on a bench with his Mum and Dad and 

watched in wonder.   It was very dark and his 

Dad told him to look up at the sky. He was 

stunned to see the whole sky covered with 

billions of stars and the biggest moon he had 

ever seen.   He asked his Dad how come there 

were so many stars in this sky and not in the 

Cork sky.   Dad explained that those stars are 

in the sky in Cork also, but because we live in 

a City with many lights, we cannot see them 

very well.

After breakfast the next morning, all wrapped 

up for the snow, they left the Hotel and joined 

many others on a bus to the Ski Lodge.   Kyle 

spent a few hours at Ski school.   Then with the 

instructor satisfied with their progress, they 

were ready to ski on the smaller slopes.    Kyle 

and his class mates slowly but surely started 

skiing down the slope and though a little 

scared, he managed very well to stay upright 

on his skis.   Sometime later, Mum and Dad 

joined him to take him up on the Ski lift.  

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Each one holding a hand, all three of them 

skied slowly down the mountain.   Kyle was on 

top of the world with delight. He then rejoined 

the others in his class for the remainder of the 

day.   By the end of the day, he was able to ski 

down by himself and was the proudest boy on 

the mountain. 

On the third night after dinner Mum, Dad and 

Kyle went on a Sleigh ride around the frozen 

lake.  

The sleigh was pulled by 2 horses.   There were 

6 others on the sleigh but no young children. It 

was very cold so they had blankets over their 

legs to keep warm.    In the pitch dark of the 

night, Kyle’s eyes were drawn to the bright 

stars in the sky.   The big moon lit up the Ice 

Caste in the middle of the Lake.   People were 

skating on the ice and there was Christmas 

music playing over the microphones.   On 

reaching the opposite side of the lake they got 

out and walked on the ice.

Being the only child with the group Kyle was a 

little bored. While the adults were looking up 

at the stars and sipping mulled Wine, they did 

not notice Kyle wandering off.   He stared up at 

the sky while trying not to fall on the ice.   He 

wondered what animals lived in the dense 

woods surrounding the lake.   Then he heard it, 

whispering sounds coming from the woods.   He 

looked in the direction of the sound and 

thought he saw something moving in the trees. 

He walked nearer the trees. 

Then he heard it again, some whispering 

sounds. He ventured nearer the trees and saw 

something move.   He heard what sounded like 

laughter. Then a gruff voice saying, “eat, eat”.  

Getting closer to the sounds, there, looking out 

from the trees was the biggest brown Bear 

imaginable.   He was sitting down surrounded 

by 3 small bears.   The big bear was giving the 

little ones food.   On seeing Kyle the big bear 

called out to him. “Hello young man, would 

you like to join us”. 

Kyle could not believe his ears.   He was scared 

but curious, so he took a few more steps 

towards them.   “Eat Kyle, we have to go soon,” 

he heard.   Kyle could not believe that the Bear 

knew his name.   Moving closer to them, he 

asked the bear, “How do you know my name”.  

“I don’t”, said the big bear.   “But you called 

me, I heard you” said Kyle.   Come on over and 

meet my boys, said the big Bear. The little 

bears came towards him.   Kyle was scared, but 

thrilled to find such friendly animals.  

He had never seen a real bear before. Then he 

heard his Dads voice calling out to him. “I 

have to go” he said, while carefully walking 

back to the sleigh. He tried to tell his parents 

what he had seen, but they were busy chatting 

with the other people and dismissed his tale, 

putting it down to his imagination. 

Next day after breakfast they went to ski 

again. This time Kyle went off with his ski 

group.  

They skied until lunch time, when the group 

stopped for hot chocolate at the lodge.  

Waiting for his chocolate to cool, Kyle went to 

use the bathroom. The bathroom was next 

door to the Lodge where all the rental ski 

equipment was kept.   On his way, from among 

the trees he heard it....Boy, Boy.   There, at the 

edge of the woods, knee high in snow, were 

the bears peeking out and calling to him. He 

decided to go talk to them.  

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