Backseat driver

I noticed we were running low on honey so I'm going to take a ride in my car to the grocery store.

Wanna come? It's a great day for a spin!

"Are you going to the store, Ajdin?" asked Miss Feathers. "I need some birdseed."

"Hop in - I'll give you a ride!" I said.

"Heeeyyy, areeee youuuu goooooing toooo theeeee stoooore? I neeeeeeed sooome tuuuurtle waaax," said Ooogie.

"Sure, you can ride with us!" I said.

We watched Ooogie get into the car.

"Okay, everyone please buckle up!" I said.

I pressed on the gas pedal.

"Ajdin, can you please go a bit faster?" asked Miss Feathers. "At this speed, we'll never get to the store."

"Sure." The speedometer went from 10 mph to 15 mph.

"Tooooo faaaast," said Ooogie. "Pleeeeease sloooow doooown."

I let up on the gas and came down to 5 mph.

"We are going so slowly! Let's go faster, like 60 miles per hour!" said Miss Feathers.

I pressed on the gas.

"Whyyy areee youuu in suuuuch a hurryyyy?" asked Ooogie. "Sloooow is the wayyy tooo gooo."

I pressed on the brakes.

"FAST!!!"

"Slooooooow."

Miss Feathers and Ooogie began arguing.

"Please everyone, stop!" I pulled over. "This isn't working. One of you wants to go fast and one of you wants to go slow. And I'm the one driving here - this is beary confusing!"

(Have you had a backseat driver before?)

"Oh, I'm sorry Ajdin," said Miss Feathers. "I didn't mean to confuse you! You know, it's such a beautiful day. I think I'll fly to the store. I don't mind at all. I'll see you two back home later!"

She zoomed away with a few flaps of her wings.

"Okay Ooogie, it's just you and me now. We can drive at your speed if you'd like," I said.

"I thiiiiink I couuuuld useeee soooome exeeeercise. I wiiiiill waaaaaalk toooo theee stoooore. Seeee youuuu laaaater," he said.

"But that will take you a long time!" I insisted.

"Everyyythingggg taaaakes meeee a loooong tiiiime," he replied.

He got out of the car.

"See you later, Ooogie," I said.

"Byyeeee Ajdiiin."

Well, so much for carpooling. I guess sometimes it's easier for everyone to do their own thing, right?

🎵♬ 
I like to take my time
I mean that when I want to do a thing
I like to take my time and do it right

I mean I might just make mistakes
If I should have to hurry up and so
I like to take my time
🎵♬

Supermarket

My mom mentioned that she had to pick up a few things from the supermarket so I offered to do it today while she was at work.  It's nice to be able to help out with errands sometimes when she is busy.

There were some beautiful flowers for sale.  Look how bright and colorful they are!

I picked up a pink rose for my mom.  I think she will like it beary much.

I also browsed through some vegetable seeds and thought of all my friends, like Sandy, who are planting and harvesting their gardens.  I wish I had a garden.  Maybe I will try to plant something in a small pot.

Next was the produce section.  I picked up some items here.

I got a few ears of corn.  Corn is beary delicious, especially sweet summer corn.  I cannot wait until the summer when corn is so plentiful and tasty.  Mmm!

Look at these nice bell peppers.  They remind me of a traffic light.

But where was the fish section?  Ah, here it is.  A nice offering of salmon and other fish.

I placed an order with the man behind the counter.  He looked a little surprised, but was beary friendly.  I guess he has never seen a bear order fish at a supermarket before.

Then I stopped in the greeting card section.  I saw a nice card that would be very fitting for Little Fox.  Do you see it?

Next, I headed to the frozen food aisle where I picked up some Ben and Jerry's ice cream.  Maybe they have a flavor called Jerry and Ben's ice cream.  I wonder what that would taste like, perhaps like hot chocolate and honey?

The last stop was the bakery.  There were many kinds of bread on the shelf, but I selected this nice loaf of bread.  I have a feeling it will taste beary good.

Okay, now it was time to check out.  I headed to the cashier and put my items on the conveyor belt.

Then I paid using my credit card.  The cashier also looked a little surprised but was beary friendly.  I guess she has never seen a bear pay for groceries before.

Okay, my shopping was all done here.  But as I headed for the exit, I noticed something unusual near the toy section.  I heard some voices yelling, "Help!  Let us out!"  I turned and saw a bunch of stuffies trapped inside a large plastic box.  There was also a dangling metal claw inside of this box.  I put in 50 cents like the machine said and tried to free one of them, but it didn't work.  I will have to try next time to free the stuffies inside.

Supermarket trip

I got to go to the supermarket for the first time the other day.  It was really fun riding around in the shopping cart and seeing all the delicious kinds of food you can buy.  Some customers were looking at me strangely - I guess they have never seen a bear do grocery shopping before.  My tummy is going to get even rounder!  OM NOM NOM NOM.

Here are some nice apples...

Bananas...

Beer... (I am underage and not allowed to drink alcohol)

Mmm baked goods...

WELL, WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE??  Look at that top shelf.  Yep.. it's... HONEY!!  I hit the jackpot!!