LITTLE BEAR WOKE UP FROM HIS WINTER SLEEP.

HE YAWNED AND STRETCHED AND LOOKED OUT OF THE CAVE.

EVERYTHING WAS COVERED WITH A THICKBLANKET.

“OOOH!” HE CRIED, “SNOW· AND HERAN OUT TO PLAY

LITTLE BEAR ROLLED AND SKIDDED DOWN

THE HILL

LITTLE BEAR PLAYED WITHTHE SNOW OF THE TREES

LITTLE BEAR CLIMBED UP A HILLAND LOOKED AT THE MOUNTAINS

AND FORESTS COVERED WITH SNOW.HE LOOKED FOR SOMEBODY TO PLAY WITH.

“HELLOOOO!”, HE CRIED. HELOOO!BUT NOBODY ANWERED, LITTLE BEAR WAS ALONE

“OH DEAR,” HE SIGHED. “IF ONLYI HAD SOMEONE TO PLAY WITH”.

SUDDENLY LITTLE BEAR HAD AN IDEA.HE BEGAN TO MAKE A SNOWMAN,

A BIG SNOWMAN.“I CAN MAKE A SNOWMAN AND

I WILL HAVE A FRIEND TO PLAY WITH”.

HE ROLLED A ROUND BODY FOR THE SNOWMAN

LITTLE BEAR WAS SO BUSY THATHE DIDN´T SEE OTTER SWIMMING

ACROSS THE LAKE.“HELLO”, CRIED OTTER, “WHAT ARE

YOU DOING?”“I´M MAKING A SNOWMAN”,

SAID LITTLE BEAR.“WOW!” SAID OTTER, “CAN I HELP?”

“THAT WOULD BE GREAT”, SAID LITTLE BEAR.

LITTLE BEAR AND OTTER STOPPED FOR A REST, BUT JUST THEN THEY

HEARD A VOICE.“HEY! WHAT´S GOING ON? EVERYTHING´S

GONE DARK”“THE SNOWBALL IS TALKING”,

SAID LITTLE BEARNO, THE VOICE IS UNDER THE SNOWBALL”,

SAID OTTER.

THEY PUSHED THE SNOWBALL TO ONE SIDE.

A RABBIT POPPED UP FROM A HOLE.

“WHO TURNED OFF THE LIGHT?” HE SAID CROSSLY

“SORRY,” SAID LITTLE BEAR. “WE´RE BUILDING THE BEST SNOWMAN EVER!”

“YOU CAN HELP IF YOU LIKE”,

SO RABBIT HELPED TO MAKE

THE SNOWMAN´S HEAD,

AND GAVE HIM A HAPPY SMILE

THEN OTTER WENT BACK TO THE RIVER

FOR SOME STICKS,

AND LITTLE BEAR FOUND

A FEW NUTS WHILE RABBIT PICKED OUT

THE BEST CARROT FOR THE SNOWMAN´S NOSE.

THEY BUILT THE SNOWMAN TOGETHER,WITH OTTER´S STICKS FOR ARMS

AND THE NUTS FOR HIS EYES.RABBIT PUT THE CARROT NOSE

“HOORAY!”THE BEST SNOWMAN EVER!

FOR THE REST OF THE DAY THEY PLAYED WITH THE SNOWMAN IN THE SNOW. THEY PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK AND HAD SNOWBALL FIGHTS.

THE SKY TURNED ORANGE AND THE SUN SET, THE THREE FRIENDS TALKED ABOUT THE GAMES THEY WOULD PLAY THE NEXT DAY.

“LET´S GO EXPLORING”, SAID RABBIT.

“BUT WE CAN´T LEAVE HIM ALONE”, SAID LITTLE BEAR.

“WE CAN BUILD A FRIEND FOR HIM”, SAID OTTER.

ONCE AGAIN THEY MADE A PERFECT SNOWMAN.

WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED THE STARS WERE TWINKLING IN THE SKY.

THEY LOOKED AT THE SNOWMAN AND HIS FRIEND.

“HE IS THE BEST SNOWMAN EVER”, WHISPERED LITTLE BEAR.“

AND HE WILL NEVER BE ALONE NOW”, SAID RABBIT

“JUST LIKE US”, SMILED LITTLE BEAR