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

 

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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

 

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