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01:01La vieille marée
01:14Dans le pays des mères, l'excitement de Noël était fort.
01:22La attente était limite à 10 heures en comptant.
01:26Le joli avait été fait.
01:28Les cadeaux ont été achetés.
01:33Une magnifique salade de Noël a été achetée.
01:37Hey, tout le monde, je suis à la maison !
01:59Et maintenant, c'est l'heure du plus amusant de tous les jours.
02:05Prendre le trésor.
02:10Un trésor plein de gras,
02:13droit, vert et élevé,
02:17pour le délire de Noël des poissons,
02:20l'un et l'autre.
02:28...
02:55Un arbre magnifique.
02:57A tree full and fat, with oodles of needles and crannies and nooks, get out the tree things. Where are the hawks?
03:28They had boxes of things, in closets and cupboards and corners of halls.
03:36They had bangles and bells and bright colored balls.
03:40There were some that were bear looms, saved year after year.
03:44A Santa bear sled with tiny reindeer.
03:48Strings of bright beads to hang in festoons.
03:52A musical bear that sang Christmassy tunes.
04:05But the bear's finest tree thing, their finest by far, was the thing for the top.
04:11Their Christmas tree star.
04:14It had 18 points and was so glittery bright that the stars of the heavens seemed dim in its light.
04:22What an array, what a display, what a grand and glorious sight it will be when we hang all this stuff on our Christmas tree.
04:32My, bears will come from near and far to see how Christmassy we are.
04:39Ta-da!
04:42So all the bears need it now, don't you see?
04:47All that they needed now was the tree.
04:51A tree straight and tall, fine, full and fat. Come, cubs, said Papa as he put on his hat.
05:01Now be sure to dress warmly, said wise Mama Bear.
05:05There's more than a hint of snow in the air.
05:08And oh yes, buy our tree down the road from Grizzly Gus.
05:14I'm sure he will have the right tree for us.
05:17Snow, said Papa, sniffing the air.
05:21Not a chance. The weather today will be bright and fair.
05:27I can always tell if we're going to have snow by a sharp shooting pain in my left big toe.
05:34Bye-bye, Mama, bye-bye.
05:37Bye-bye.
05:41As for Gus and those trees lying in stacks, not for us, Papa said as he took up his axe.
05:51But Papa, I don't mean to fuss, but Mom said to buy one from Grizzly Gus.
05:57Christmas trees, fresh cut indeed. It looks more like some overgrown evergreen weed.
06:05Merry Christmas, Gus, we were just, gum cubs.
06:21Toot toot, toot toot toot.
06:28Now, brother and sister usually did what Mom said but not Papa.
06:34Pop did whatever came into his head.
06:37And a fine fat tree is what came into his head that particular Christmas.
06:43No matter what, no matter where.
06:47If it means going down to the Panama isthmus, if it means climbing up to the top of Pike's Peak, I will find the right tree if it takes us a week.
07:00But Papa, Christmas is just hours away. We must find our Christmas tree today.
07:07But Pop didn't hear. Papa was just a bit carried away.
07:18We need a tree for Christmas, a fine fat tree of the most.
07:23Without one, frankly, Christmas day would be an awful bust.
07:27A tree on which to hang our bells or brightly colored balls.
07:31And all the other things for the big classes and in halls.
07:35A fine fat tree to put beneath our eighty-pointed star.
07:39A tree to show how really truly Christmassy we are.
07:44A Christmas tree and all that it implies.
07:48A Christmas tree and all that certifies.
07:53Piles of fancy presents, seven kinds of pies.
07:58Boysenberry honeycomb.
08:00Crayfish for kissing.
08:02But first of all, my friends, first we need a tree.
08:06Yes, first of all, dear friends, first we need a tree.
08:12We need a tree for Christmas, a fine fat tree of the most.
08:16Without one, frankly, Christmas day would be an awful bust.
08:20But Pop was forgetting something that day.
08:23Christmas is more than show and display.
08:27It's more than just tinsel and pink plastic stars
08:31and stuffing yourself with sugar nut bars.
08:34There was something important that Pop was forgetting.
08:38Christmas is forgiving. It isn't forgetting.
08:42This was a time to be thinking of others.
08:46Mamas, Papas, sisters, brothers.
08:50A time to think of each neighbor and friend.
08:53But all that was forgotten as they rounded a bend.
08:57As they rounded that bend, what did they see?
09:01Papa's perfect Christmas tree.
09:05What a tree. What a tree.
09:09This surely was it.
09:11Its green was so green.
09:14Its tall didn't quit.
09:16Its nooks all had crannies.
09:19Its crannies had nooks.
09:21The one question was, would they have enough hooks?
09:25What a tree for our bells.
09:27Our bright colored balls.
09:29And all the things stacked up in our closets and halls.
09:33The perfect tree to put beneath our 18-pointed star.
09:37The perfect tree to show how Christmassy we are.
09:42Stand back, said Papa, making ready to chop.
09:47Wait!
09:49Sister cried.
09:51Hold it, please, Pop.
09:54On the timely advice of small Sister Bear,
09:58Pop managed to stop that axe in mid-air.
10:03And a good thing, too.
10:05For that Christmas tree trunk just happened to be the home of a skunk.
10:18And some squirrels and a grouse
10:22and one small chipmunk also resided in that Christmas tree's trunk.
10:27Plus 26 crows who were renting upstairs.
10:31And they were none of them happy to see those three bears.
10:36Though this tree at first seemed quite a find,
10:40it isn't quite what I had in mind.
10:45Come, clumps!
10:50There was something else Pa hadn't in mind
10:53as they rapidly left Mr. Skunk's tree behind.
10:57That the coming great day was the crow's Christmas, too.
11:01And the squirrels and the chipmunks?
11:04If he chopped down their tree, what would they do?
11:07And the skunk and the grouse?
11:10What would they do if he chopped down their house?
11:13Where would they have their holly and bells,
11:16their Christmas goodies, their Christmassy smells?
11:20How would they enjoy their Christmas feast?
11:23But such questions as those did not bother Papa.
11:27Not in the least.
11:29His head was so filled with his bangles and belts,
11:33his bright-colored balls,
11:35his tree things stacked up in closets and halls,
11:39that there just wasn't room for anything more.
11:42Onward!
11:43cried Papa,
11:45and the bears pressed on with their Christmas tree chore.
11:48I will find the right tree.
11:50I must and I will.
11:52I will forward every stream.
11:57Climb any hill.
11:59Go over Niagara Falls on a log.
12:03Penetrate the impenetrable fog.
12:07Brave the terrors of Sinister Bob.
12:12I will find the Christmas tree we seek.
12:15I will find the right tree if it takes us a week.
12:21No matter what,
12:23no matter where,
12:26just as sure as my name,
12:29uh,
12:31Papa Bear,
12:33is Papa Q. Bear.
12:38But please, Papa, please,
12:40we must find a tree soon.
12:43Sister's right, Dad.
12:45It's getting late in the afternoon.
12:48A tree fine and fat,
12:50straight, green and tall.
12:53And at that very moment,
12:55the snow Mom predicted
12:58started to fall.
13:00Hey, wait, Papa, hold it.
13:02Wait for us, wait for us.
13:12A Christmas tree,
13:14it never ever fails.
13:16A Christmas tree,
13:18it never ever fails.
13:48Yeah, it's really a beauty.
13:51But, Papa said,
13:53do your duty.
13:56It was quite a fine tree,
13:59sedate and tall,
14:01graceful and regal.
14:03It was also, it happened,
14:05the home of an eagle
14:08and a hawk
14:11and a wolf
14:13and a great snowy owl.
14:17The eagle took off,
14:19while the hawk
14:21and the wolf
14:23and the great snowy owl
14:25set up a terrible,
14:27terrible howl.
14:29The noise seemed to come
14:31from every direction.
14:33Then, Mr. Eagle
14:36expressed his objection.
14:46Huh! Huh!
14:52Huh!
15:16Huh! Huh!
15:46Ignoring Papa's left big toe,
15:49the snow had become
15:51a really big snow,
15:53a snow of snows,
15:55a blizzard of blizzards.
15:57Why, there was snow on the ground
16:00up to their gizzards.
16:02Up the mountain, follow me.
16:05I'll find one soon, you'll see.
16:08You'll see I'll find
16:10the perfect Christmas tree.
16:12I hope so, Dad.
16:14The snow is getting deep
16:16and the mountain is getting pretty steep.
16:19Full and fat,
16:21tall and green,
16:23the finest tree you've ever seen.
16:27Now that
16:30is the kind of tree I mean.
16:37Hurry, Papa, chop it down.
16:40Yes, we still have time
16:43But Papa was silent
16:45as he looked at that tree,
16:47strangely silent.
16:49What did he see?
16:51What Papa saw through the driving snow
16:54was a tiny window
16:56within a glow.
16:59Pop hardly breathed.
17:01He spoke not a word.
17:03What he saw through the window
17:06was a tiny snowbird
17:08busily trimming his Christmas tree
17:11with the help of the members
17:13of his family.
17:15Their tree was a twig
17:17decorated with seeds
17:19that the tiny snowbirds
17:21had collected from weeds.
17:23And for the first time that day,
17:26Papa saw Christmas
17:28in a different way.
17:30Maybe it was the tiny twig tree
17:33or maybe the seeds
17:35that helped Papa see
17:37the other guy's needs.
17:39Merry Christmas!
17:45But whatever it was,
17:47Pa shouldered his axe
17:49and spared the tree.
17:51He remembered what Christmas
17:53is really about.
17:55He'd had it all backwards
17:57and inside out.
17:58This is a time
18:00to be thinking of others.
18:03Mamas, Papas,
18:06sisters, brothers,
18:08fellow creatures,
18:10great and small,
18:12fellow creatures,
18:14one and all.
18:16But Pop, said the cubs,
18:18what about our tree,
18:20the tree for our bells,
18:22our bright colored balls,
18:24and all that stuff in our closets
18:26and halls?
18:27No problem at all.
18:29There's no need to fuss.
18:31We'll go back and buy one
18:33from Grizzly Gus.
18:34Grizzly Gus?
18:36Papa!
19:06Sous-titrage MFP.
19:36When they got back to the Christmas tree lot,
19:39the lot was there,
19:41but the trees were not.
19:45Only a sign saying,
19:47sorry, sold out,
19:49and some tired old needles
19:51lying about.
19:53When Sis saw those needles,
19:55well, she thought she might cry.
19:59But then,
20:01something wondrous caught her eye.
20:03Look!
20:05Somebody has decorated our house!
20:08And somebody had.
20:10The chipmunk,
20:12the skunk,
20:13the crows and the grouse,
20:15the eagle, the owl,
20:17and all of the others
20:19and quite a few of their
20:21sisters and brothers
20:23were returning the kindness
20:25Pa showed those snowbirds.
20:27The bears,
20:29they were speechless.
20:31They just had no words.
20:34All of the bears' tree things were there.
20:36The bangles, the bells,
20:38the musical bear,
20:40the Christmas tree star,
20:42the Santa bear sled.
20:44Why, everything's shining!
20:46Sister suddenly said.
20:48Then,
20:50a very special starry light
20:53filled the sky that Christmas Eve night.
20:57It didn't come from that pink plastic star.
21:01It came from the light
21:03of the Christmas star.
21:06The true Christmas spirit
21:08shone down that night.
21:10It filled the whole sky
21:12with a lovely light.
21:14It charged the cold,
21:16clear, bear country air.
21:18It reached the heart
21:20of every bear
21:22and their fellow creatures,
21:24one and all,
21:26nature's creatures,
21:28great and small.
21:30The Christmas star,
21:32it says to us,
21:34there's more to Christmas
21:36than the fuss.
21:38There's kindness, love,
21:40and warmth, God bless.
21:42Squeezes, hugs,
21:44and happiness.
21:46The Christmas star,
21:48it says to us,
21:50there's more to Christmas
21:53than the fuss.
21:58The Christmas star
22:01reminds us all
22:03to love that nature's
22:05great and small.
22:07Not just bears
22:09like me and you,
22:11but nature's
22:13other creatures too.
22:16Wiggly worm,
22:18planet earth,
22:20little hippopotamus,
22:24yes, and even people too,
22:28they are nature's
22:30creatures too.
22:33So, Merry Christmas
22:35to us all,
22:37fellow creatures,
22:38one and all.
22:40So, Merry Christmas,
22:43one and all,
22:45fellow creatures,
22:47great and small.
22:50Merry Christmas,
22:52one and all.
23:23Pop,
23:25I'm, uh, thinking of others bit.
23:28How about the salmon?
23:30How about it?
23:33Your remark shows wit and perception.
23:36But in the case of the salmon,
23:39it will make an exception.
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