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ABOUT
MOONBEARIES - taken from the Tall Stories Encyclopaedia, Moonstone
City.
Moonbearies are small, gentle little bears
who live underground in Moonstone City, a well-populated underground
complex reached through a hole in the side of a large crater on the
moon. In general they are rather drab in colour and don't have much
fur, but very rarely a baby bear is born who is covered in blue fur.
These are the very special magical bears and are the moonbeary leaders,
providing magic for all the others to use, hence the expression "once
in a blue moon(beary)". Moonbearies are active at night and sleep
during the day. They are expert travellers, surfing the moonbeams
to get around. They also use this method to come to earth, but sliding
down moonbeams at great speed washes the bear in magical moondust
colouring him in rainbow hues (which don't wash off!)
OCCUPATION
Moonbearies work at night on earth (they
call it Brightland) to weave their gentle moon magic into the lives
of humans (moonbearies call earth people Hugmans because they love
to hug teddy bears!) They each carry a moonstone around their neck
which picks up the magic transmitted by the blue moonbearies in Moonstone
City. So next time something 'special' happens to you, or you say
'that's lucky' or 'what a coincidence', think of the little moonbeary
who may have helped you by quietly weaving some of his moon magic
into your life!
MOONBEARIES TODAY
Modern moonbearies have adapted well to
life on Brightland (earth). With fur coats to protect them, they look
very much like any other little Brightlander bears. However, they
can easily be recognised by their big floppy feet and legs which originally
were very important for walking on the moon. Moonbeary babies are
still born without fur and retain the magic moonbeam colours they
acquire from their Moonbeam Washing Day until they have grown their
full adult fur coat.
Although a few moonbeary priests still
practice some of the old skills, to most modern moonbearies Moonstone
City and moonbeam surfing is just a distant legend. To travel today
moonbearies Baghop, leaping invisibly from the shopping bag or haversack
of one Hugman (human) to another and hitching a free ride. So next
time your bag seems extra heavy, look very carefully because maybe
a little moonbeary is riding along inside!
Moonbearies love Hugmen (humans) and it
is the greatest ambition of every little bear to belong to a Hugman
family. To be adopted by a Hugman and to be their lifetime special
friend is considered a great honour in moonbeary society.
It is rumoured that Brightlander moonbearies
all come from a mysterious, secret place called Moonbury. It can only
be reached through a very small hole in a pretty woodland bank somewhere
on the planet. Gossip has it that this may be found somewhere in England
and that Moonbury is the main magic centre for all modern moonbearies,
the equivalent of the legendary Moonstone City. Its said that modern
moonbearies are very clever and have their own moonbeary government,
education system and even their own Internet called the mmm (the Magic
Moonbeary Maze)! Its thought that the rare Bluemoonbearies play a
large part in the running of Moonbury, they are hardly ever seen of-course,
only once or twice in a blue moon, but they are known to be very magical
bears and to live for a very long time. What is certain is that each
little moonbeary still wears a small moonstone to tune into the magic
of the moonbeams and weave it invisibly each night, bringing comfort,
joy, happiness and all that's good into people's lives.
Issued by the Moonbury Education Council
for Hugman Affairs
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Hole in Woodland Bank
Brightlander Planet
Outskirts of Milky Way
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