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blue_lotus13) wrote2005-05-26 10:11 am
blue_lotus13) wrote2005-05-26 10:11 am
The bears of Canada
As Chapters is located in downtown Vancouver, we get a lot of international tourists. Many of these international tourists want to purchase books for their grandchildren, children, nieces, nephews or some other random child. As a result, the staff in the kid's section created a table of attractive Canadian children's books. We are quite happy with our selection.
However, we have noticed a rather disturbing theme. Many visitors are obsessed with children's books about bears. For some reason, they want pictures of bears and somehow associate bears with being Canadian. As I have never seen a bear in any city in Canada, I wonder about their obssession.
Instead of buying one of the attractive Canadian children's books, some customers have even purchased a four dollar book printed in Taiwan which has some ugly pictures of bears in it.
However, I must admit that I have encountered this fascination with bears while living in Indonesia and Mongolia. People in these countries loved hearing stories about personal experiences with bears.
I have decided that I will write a children's book about Canadian bears. I predict that it will be a bestseller.
However, we have noticed a rather disturbing theme. Many visitors are obsessed with children's books about bears. For some reason, they want pictures of bears and somehow associate bears with being Canadian. As I have never seen a bear in any city in Canada, I wonder about their obssession.
Instead of buying one of the attractive Canadian children's books, some customers have even purchased a four dollar book printed in Taiwan which has some ugly pictures of bears in it.
However, I must admit that I have encountered this fascination with bears while living in Indonesia and Mongolia. People in these countries loved hearing stories about personal experiences with bears.
I have decided that I will write a children's book about Canadian bears. I predict that it will be a bestseller.
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My Aunt-&-Uncle (who live in Victoria) gave me a book of poems once, years ago, and I've never forgotten the beginning of this one: