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he same way he did every morning before going to school,
T Kashif sat down at the table for breakfast. While his mother
was making the tea, Kashif's eye was caught by a picture of a bear
on the honey jar. While his mother was busy, the bear in the pic-
ture winked at Kashif and spoke to him.

"Hello, Kashif! I reckon you must love honey as much as we
bears do..."

"Yes," agreed Kashif. "My mother never forgets the honey at
breakfast. But ours comes from jars from the supermarket. Where
do you find yours from ?"

The bear wrinkled its nose before answering, "Our Lord, Who
meets the needs of all living things in the best possible way, gave
us bears long noses which are very sensitive to smell, and that al-

lows us to find food easily."
Kashif, who had once been stung by a bee, was intrigued,
"When you find a hive with honey in it, how do you get it out?" he

wondered.

This time the bear held up a paw for Kashif to

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