Chapter 15Ciar scanned the crowd. He believed almost everyone was there, and they were invested in the story. Several asked questions about why the bears would eat porridge, where they got hold of salt and sugar, and so on. Romeo gave good answers, and they learned a lot about humans. He didn’t think anyone had known there were hard beds and soft beds. Almost everyone slept on the ground or in the trees.
When the story came to an end, silence fell over the forest.
“That’s it.” Romeo smiled at them. “Tomorrow, we can start reading about lucky charms…or lucky socks, I guess.”
“What are the things humans believe will give them misfortune?” Lark pushed to get through the wall of bears who had all taken up place as close to Romeo as they could get.
“Oh, it’s lots of things. The number thirt
