The
Problem with Bob the Tiger
By Seven Year Old
Spencer Reid of Tucson , AZ
There once was a tiger named Bob. His favorite food was rabbit but when he ate
rabbit, the rabbit ears kept getting stuck in his teeth. He looked really silly with those big rabbit
ears hanging out of his mouth. When he
went to school, the other tigers laughed at him. So, Bob dropped out of school. All of the other tigers were asking their
teacher where Bob was. Their teacher
said, “Bob has dropped out of school.” Bob
decided to live somewhere else, where tigers wouldn’t laugh at him. He lived on
top of a cliff all by himself. One day,
he heard a strange noise that sounded like tigers! He ran to the edge of the cliff. He saw saber tooth tigers. They were trying
to steal all of the food. He ran down
the cliff to where the saber tooth tigers were.
He was scared. He still had the
rabbit ears hanging out of his mouth. So
he looked kind of like a saber tooth tiger.
In fact, he looked like and sounded like the king of the saber tooth
tigers. They started to bow down to
him. He stopped and paused for a
second. He told the saber tooth tigers
to never harm anyone. They thought that
he sounded like the king. They let him
go. He decided to go visit his old
school. The other tigers wanted him to
come back to school, so they asked him what would make him come back. He said he didn’t want the rabbit ears to get
stuck in his teeth. They gave him an
idea. They told him to cut off the ears
before he ate them! This worked and
nobody ever teased him again.
The End
*****
With Spencer’s and his mother’s approval
I have also used these “Bob” stories in my great novel “The Giorgioni Legend.” In thinking about the “Bob” stories as a
psychiatrist, it appears to me that Spencer in the flesh is a lonely child
looking for someone to be his friend. It
is easy to see that such an intelligent youngster might have some difficulty
relating to other children his age. I
strongly recommend the “Bob” stories for those persons of any age…be it three
years or ninety three.
The
Adventures of Bob the Mexican Jumping Bean
By Seven Year Old
Spencer Reid of Tucson , Arizona
Once upon a time, there was a desert so dry that no one
wanted to live there. It was so dry that
not a drop of water fell and no one was able to live there except for one. His name was Bob. He was a Mexican Jumping Bean. He was so lonely. He wanted to find a friend but no matter
where he looked, he could not find one!
He wanted to give up but then one day a very strong wind blew him
thousands of miles away and he landed in a pond full of fish. He didn’t know where he was and wanted to go
home. He needed to find someone who
could help him. He started walking and
came across a town. The town was full of
bright colored buildings and big office buildings. As he walked, he ran into another Mexican
Jumping Bean. He asked this bean to help
him find his way home. The bean told him
“No.” Bob has to find a way home and
someone else to help him. He asked
everyone in this town but no one was willing to help him. They ALL said “No!” So, Bob kept walking. Bob came to another town. This town was old and the buildings were
moldy. Bob soon found out that the town
was deserted. Bob had to walk miles and
miles until he found another town. The
third town had lots of streams running through it and it was full of life. Bob thought this town was very peaceful. It had lots of big flowers. The people were very nice here and Bob found
a new friend. He was another Mexican
Jumping Bean and his name was Cheese.
Bob asked Cheese if he could see a map.
Cheese got Bob a map and they looked at it together. The map said the
desert where Bob lives is 1,307 miles away.
Bob now had to make a decision. He had to decide whether to go back to the
desert or to stay here with people and his friend Cheese. He finally decided that he would rather be
with friends than be alone in the desert.
Cheese showed Bob around his new home. They walked all over town and passed the
Capitol building. There was a sign on
the building that read: “Mayor seat is open!” Bob told Cheese that he was going to run for
Mayor. He did and he won!
Moral: sometimes all you need is a friend.
The End
