Sometimes when people are so busy working hard, they can forget about other important things in their lives.
Even mamas and papas forget about very important things.
“The Trouble With Money / The Double Dare” · Season 1, Episode 6
In this episode: Sister Bear (6), Too-Tall (5), Skuzz (4), Smirk (3), Farmer Ben (2), Mama Bear (1), Papa Q. Bear (1), Cousin Fred (1)
BBBrother Bear
I guess I've been too busy.
That's a surprise!
Brother, Brother!
BBBrother Bear
What's the matter, Sister?
Too-Tall and his gang, took my jump rope! I tried to get it back. But they wouldn't give it to me!
BBBrother Bear
THREE AGAINST ONE! AND YOU'RE HALF THEIR SIZE! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!
You think you can get it back for me?
[Brother --angrily-- runs off to the park to find the too-tall the bully. And two friends Smirk and Skuzz.]
BBBrother Bear
[about the bully] JUST TRY AND STOP ME! (AND THEY BETTER GIVE IT BACK OR ELSE!)
[He goes off --snarling to himself-- after saying this. And he threatens that he's going to let Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz have it if they don't give Sister back her jump rope. In fact, he thinks about letting Too-Tall the bully. And-his two friends Smirk and Skuzz-- have it right now.]
[Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends Smirk and Skuzz had stolen Sister's jump rope-- is jumping with Sister's jump rope. That is, until Brother showed up.]
Tell you what, Brother! You want it back? Come and get it!
BBBrother Bear
All right! I'll do that!
[Brother attempts to cross the log bridge over a stream.]
[to Brother about his attempts to cross the log bridge over the stream] ONE FALSE MOVE AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHILLY SWIM!
[As Skuzz says this, he says it as if to mean he wouldn't care if Brother had a "chilly swim", caught a cold from it, and got called out sick so he wouldn't have to go to school. All he does care is that he knows Brother might not make it across the log bridge to retrieve Sister's jump rope from Too-Tall.]
Look, guys! I think he's chicken!
[Smirk and Skuzz chickens clucking.]
BBBrother Bear
I AM NOT CHICKEN!
Then we dare you to cross!
BBBrother Bear
You're on!
[The scene cuts to Brother, Too-Tall, Smirk and Skuzz at a field of sheep.]
Get ready, Brother. We're going to take a little shortcut across this field.
BBBrother Bear
What's so fun about that?
[Trios laughs.]
There's a ram in the flock with a bad temper.
With fast legs.
And big horns.
They don't call him Bruiser for nothing.
BBBrother Bear
[chuckles] Maybe I'll take the long way around.
That's the chicken route.
[Smirk and Skuzz chickens clucking]
BBBrother Bear
I told you. I'm not chicken!
Then we dare you to take the shortcut!
BBBrother Bear
Alright! I'll go!
That's what we like to hear!
[Farmer Ben --unnoticed at first-- uses himself like a scarecrow. Brother Bear and the big cubs --Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz-- think he's a scarecrow --and that there's a real scarecrow in the watermelon patch-- in the spite of that. That is, although they fail to notice him. He uses himself as a scarecrow --having his eyes shut, arms spread out, feet together, and his face like a scarecrow's face-- in the middle of the watermelon patch. That is, as if there really is a scarecrow in his patch. So Farmer Ben --striking the pose-- pretends to be a scarecrow. Brother --after picking out the biggest and greenest skinned watermelon-- gets the melon off the vine, breaks the stem off of it, and picks it up. But when he picks up the melon, Farmer Ben moves a little by smiling. Then he opens his eyes, makes his mouth into an "O" shape, and --offscreen-- undoes his scarecrow pose. Then he --as if returning back to his normal self-- runs up to Brother and catches him.]
GOTCHA!
[Brother Bear tries to run away --only to be tightly grabbed by Farmer Ben.]
BBBrother Bear
HELP! LET ME GO!
[The scene cuts to Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends --Smirk and Skuzz. When they see that Brother is caught by Farmer Ben, they run away.]
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!
[Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends run away screaming. Farmer Ben does not notice Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends --Smirk and Skuzz-- but he talks to Brother about the dee-double dare incident. And he --Farmer Ben-- is unaware that Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz are invading his melon patch again.]
BROTHER BEAR! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING STEALING WATERMELONS WITH TOO-TALL AND HIS NO GOOD GANG?!
[As Farmer Ben says this, he wants to know what in the Earth Brother Bear --stealing Too-Tall-- is doing with that watermelon.]
BBBrother Bear
First they dared me, then they double dared me, AND FINALLY, THEY DEE DOUBLE DARED ME!
That dee double dare is so hard to resist.
BBBrother Bear
I wanted to walk away. But then they called me chicken! I'm sorry, Farmer Ben.
Well, it's okay, Brother. It's not your fault. I'm not going to call in and tell your parents about this one watermelon stealing mistake.
[Brother comes back to Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz with a watermelon slice that Farmer Ben gave him.]
Brother?! You got away with it! And you got the watermelon.
Way to go.
You're the man!
Come on, we're going to have more fun at the Widder Jones' house.
BBBrother Bear
No way.
[Too-tall and his gang he stops walking] Oh, really? well, I dare you to come with us.
BBBrother Bear
Not this time.
Okay, then, I double dare you.
BBBrother Bear
Nope. Not interested.
What the matter? Chicken?
[Smirk and Skuzz chickens clucking.]
BBBrother Bear
I'm not chicken, and I'm not a sheep either.
Okay Brother...! I DEE DOUBLE DARE YOU TO COME WITH US TO THE WIDDER JONES'S HOUSE!
BBBrother Bear
That stuff may have worked before, but it won't now!
[But Brother --considering the consequences if he goes-- says "No". That is, after he says this. In the spite of that, he heads back to the house.]
BBBrother Bear
See you later. I'm going home.
[To the trios Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz] TOO-TALL!
[Farmer Ben, he approaches the gang.]
[continues] IF I CATCH YOU OR ANY OF YOUR GANG IN MY WATERMELON PATCH AGAIN, YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ME! NOW GET ON HOME!
[stammers heavily] We're sorry, Farmer Ben.
[also stammering heavily] Thank you, Farmer Ben. It'll never happen again.
Please don't tell our parents!
TTToo-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz
[All screaming] RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! Mommy Daddy.
[As the trios says this, they run for their very lives. That is, after hearing the warning from Farmer Ben.]
[chuckles] Those cubs make my chickens look tough.
[In the book adaptation, it was Two-Ton Grizzly --Too-Tall's papa-- who saved Brother. The narration of the page reads, "He looked like Too-Tall. But he was much, much, much bigger. It was Too-Tall's papa Two-Ton Grizzly. 'Wha, wha, what is up, Pop?', asked Too-Tall. 'What is up', growled Two-Ton, 'it was a little phone call that I had from Farmer Ben about you!'. 'And', he added as he turned to the gang, 'if I hear about any more shenanigans, all of your parents are going to hear from me! Now get on home!'". But in the cartoon, Farmer Ben saved Brother. And he was the one who talked to Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz about the dee-double dare incident. However, in both adaptations, the "warning" phrase was the same --Two-Ton in the book/Farmer Ben in the cartoon-- which was, "...all of your parents are going to hear from me!". In this version --the book-- Farmer Ben said, "TOO-TALL, SMIRK, AND SKUZZ! IF I EVER CATCH YOU IN MY WATERMELON PATCH AGAIN, ALL OF YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ME! NOW GET ON HOME!".)
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