Andy felt frazzled.
It was hard to keep up with all the stories at the Buckhorn...
...like the Teddy Bear Olympics, and getting soggy at the Aquatic Center, and arguing about how to say 'sarsaparilla', and the broken water pipes, and producing Hamlet, and baking successes (and flops!), and all those pinochle games....
To say nothing of those Bears from Queuebycxx and Quathar....
Randy's Clouds! & Rainbows! & Lightning! & Astral Traveling!
Bingo's Lasers! & Galactic Teddy Bear Protection!
It was enough to make his head spin!
But, as the intrepid reporter of the popular Teddy Bear News, he felt responsible to keep everyone at the Buckhorn informed of all the goings-on.
He had finally finished his latest edition (about Halloween on Queuebycxx), and was about to hit "Send", when Madame Zima looked over his shoulder and commented, "Oh, yes, that's a good one."
"You knew about this already?" Andy blinked, astonished. "How?"
"Oh, we usually know what's going on," said Madame Zima, matter-of-factly. "But we always love how you tell the story!"
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Tales from the Buckhorn: A Teddy Bear Community in New Mexico
Short StoryThis is a collection of brief stories, in a six-panel comic strip format, about a group of Teddy Bears who drink sarsaparilla, play pinochle and get into adventures at the Buckhorn Saloon (modeled after the Buckhorn Saloon in Pinos Altos, New Mexico...