Hiccups-.doc

HiccupsL: When will it be done?MB: Just in time for all of your friends to have a piece.FB: Friends?L: My friends are coming over to play.FB: Oh, well, you must be very quiet then because Mother Bear is going to be paying bills this morning. MB: And Father Bear is going to read his newspaper.L: Well be very quiet. I promise.FB: Good!MB: ShL: ShFB: Ah.L: You are here. Sorry. Hi, everybody. Come in.D: Hi, Little Bear. Its my favorite kind of weather. Maybe we should go outside.H: Duck, this is terrible weather.C: Ill say.H: And Little Bear has invited us to play inside today.H: OhL: Come on. Lets play with the seashells Father Bear brought home.L: ShH: Hello, Father Bear!FB: Good morning, Hen !C: Hello!FB: Cat!D: Hi, Father Bear!FB: Hello, Duck!C: Whats wrong with Father Bear ?L: Father Bear likes quiet when he is reading the paper.D: What?H&L: Sh.L: Remember if we listen carefully, we can hear the sound of the ocean.C: Ha. I hear it.D: You do?L: I do, Er., too. ErD: Sh., I cant hear.L: I cant, Er, help it.D: Whats wrong?H: He has the hiccups.C: Very observant, Hen.L: Sh Er.MB: Let me get you some water, Little Bear.L: Ha, thats better.MB: Water always works.L: Er.Oh.MB: Oh, dear.O: Hello, Everybody. Sorry Im late.FB: Wow.O: Have I missed anything?H: I guess you dont bother to knock anymore.MB: Thank goodness! Owl is here. He will know what to do.O: About what?L: Water wont stop my hiccups.O: Well now, let me think. Water is a good idea but he must hold his breath too.L: How can I hold my breath too?O: Well you can try. Try never hurts anybody.L: For how long?O: For as long as it takes.L: Mmmm ?O: Longer.L: Mmm, Pa. O: Well?L: It works, Owl, no more, ErO: Maybe you didnt hold your breath long enough.C: This always works.L: What did you, Er., do that for?C: I was trying to get rid of your hiccups. Go ahead. Youtry it on me.O: Come on.C: See?L: But you never had them, ErO: Oh my! Someone is at the door. I wonder who it could be.H: That was fun. The thing I do in the name of friendship.D: I bet we made the hiccups go away.L: You are right, Duck. My hiccups are gone. Er.oh.C: That was a good idea.O: Some ideaH: Well, Owl, your ideas didnt work too well.O: Cats idea didnt help eitherC: Excuse me, but I read about that technique in a very famous book.O: What book? Ive read every book in the library.C: OK, please. You think you know everything.D: I can read.C: Oh, my!FB: Enough! How can I read with all this noise?L: I was only hiccupping.FB: What was that?L: Hiccupping. I was only hiccupping.FB: Hiccupping. I cant hear any hiccups.L: But I was hiccupping.FB: All right. Hiccup for me. Come on now. One, two, three, hiccup. Well, well, I guess you cant hiccup anymore.L: My hiccups are gone.MB: Wonderful!H: A brilliant idea, Father Bear.C: A genius !D: Smart too !O: You can still stop in my way. Little Be