The Story ofTinyThe Bear     Once upon a time there was a grizzly bear called Tiny. No one knows why he was called Tiny, because he was enormous. In fact he was the largest bear in all the Land of Lilliput. It was believed that he got his name from the Land of Giants. It was probably that being a Lilliputian bear the giants saw him and he was tiny in their sight so they called him ‘Tiny’. Lilliput is where Gulliver traveled to where all the people were only about six inches tall. Also Jedi Zion and Jedi Judah traveled there in Pop Pop’s book. “The Book of Funtastic Adventures.” One day Tiny went for a tiny walk to have a tiny adventure. He brought a tiny jar of honey with him to have a tiny picnic. He sat down by a tiny tree and while he was enjoying his tiny jar of honey, (Well he wasn’t really enjoying the tiny jar, but the tiny honey inside the jar. There came a tiny shower of rain. He thought, "This tiny shower make me ‘Tiny’ a tiny bit wet." Just at that time a boy came up to him and said, "Tiny will you please eat me?" "You are not a Lilliputian, you are real big and it would take me about two years to eat you up. And I am already full. For my tiny tummy is full of tiny honey. And why do you want me to eat you?" "Because I’m Flippin Awful." "I can see that", said Tiny. “You don’t understand,” said the boy. “Flippin is my first name and Awful is my last name, and I really live up to it. Every time I mess up, my Mom says to me, 'Flippin Awful you are flippin' awful'. When I go to school the teacher says, 'Flippin Awful your grades are Flippin awful.' And all the kids flippin laugh at me. In fact they flippin well laugh at me all the time. And it flippin well hurts me, because they are flippin rude." “What does flippin mean?” asked Tiny. "I think it just replaces a bad word," said Flippin, "English people use it a lot.” “Are you Flippin English then?” asked Tiny. “No! But my mom and dad are.” replied Flippin. “Why is your last name so bad?” asked Tiny.” Because it’s awful replied Flippin. “What does awful mean then?” asked Tiny who was very clever for a bear. “Yuckie! Disgusting! Stupid! Ugly!” “If you add just one letter 'E' then it doesn’t mean that at all. Aweful really means ‘full of Awe’ and Awe means ‘Wonder’. So then the real meaning of your last name means, Full of Wonder or Awesome." “Is that for real?” asked Flippin “Absolutely! Remember your name means Flippin Wonderful so when anyone calls your name or says you are Flippin Aweful take it a complement,” said Tiny. So that little conversation changed the life of Flipping Aweful. Don't let other people's opinion destroy your dreams. You have the potential to succeed in whatever you can do. -Pop Pop

Wee Willy Wannabe   This is the story of Wee Willie Wannabe. He was born in Australia and lived in the town of Walla Walla. Willie was still small and young, that’s why he was known as Wee Willie. One day, Wee Willie Wannabe went for a walk and came across a Wallaby, which I’m sure you adults and most of you children know is a small Kangaroo. The Wallaby stared at Willie and Willie stared back at the Wallaby. Then a strange thing happened, the Wallaby spoke. “Hi Mate. Who and what are you?” Willie was taken back and very surprised as you don’t often hear Wallabies talk. “Ur! I’m We Willie Wannabe and I’m a boy,” he said. “I can see that you’re a boy, but what are you?” replied the Wallaby.“I don’t understand,” said Willie Wannabe. “Well, you said you are a Wannabe so what do you want to be?”“That’s my name,” said Willie. “Listen I’m a Wallaby, so I know who I am, but you are a Wannabe, so you don’t know who are what you are yet. If you wannabe something, you must know what it is you wannabe! Get it!” said the Wallaby. “I think so,” said Wee Willie Wannabe. “If you want to be something then you have to know what you are to begin with; then you can aim and what you wannabe. So what are you now?” asked the Wallaby. “I’m a kid,” said Willie. “Well that’s a start, so what do you want to be?” “I want to be good at school,” said Willie. “Good at what,” asked Wallaby “Math” said Willie. “What else,” asked Wallaby. “Sports!” said Willie. “What kind of sports?” asked Wallaby. “Jumping,” said Willie. “I can help you. I’ll teach you,” “Teach me math?” asked Willie. “No! Who ever heard of a Wallaby teaching math. I can teach you to jump like a Wallaby or maybe a Kangaroo,” said the Wallaby. “You would really do that for me?” asked Willie Wannabe. “Sure!” “When?” “Right now and for the next ten weeks,” said the Wallaby.   So for the next ten weeks Willie Wannabe learned how to jump like a Wallaby. Although he didn’t quite jump as good as a kangaroo, he still became the best jumper in his school. And not only in his school, but in the whole town and for miles around. Even the fully grown men couldn’t jump as high and as far as Willie. So little Willie Wannabe became famous as Willie Wallaby the great jumper. So don’t let your name, a couple of letters, or what other people say about you, stop you from achieving your destiny. It only took three letters and determination to change Willie Wannabe into Willy Wallaby. The same could happen to you. Pop Pop.

 

Pop Pop's Jokes

 

What did Humpty Dumpty have for his breakfast before he fell off of the wall?

Egg drop soup & scrambled eggs.

 

If Chinese adults eat their food with chopsticks, do their toddlers

eat their food with tooth picks?

 

Russ said to me, "I've been married to Margaret for thirty years and

 I have never found anyone as good as her."

"Then why have you been looking?" I asked.  

 

If you wore your Flip Flops backwards,

would they be called Flop Flips?

 

Why do mean people like whipping cream?