Hope the Optimist Bear was a nice and
gentle bear. She loved helping people,
especially children. Hope would find
friends in the hospital and hang out
with them. She would play with them,
dance with them, sing with them, and
so much more. Every one of the
children loved Hope!
Hope worked really hard every day and one day
a nurse came up to her and asked, “Would you
like to have a permanent job with a child here?”
Hope was really happy and said, “Of course!”
That is when Hope met Sophia.
Sophia was a little girl who had been in the
hospital for a long time. Hope stayed with
Sophia every day and helped to take care of her
and make her feel better.
Hope loved Sophia so much. She was nice,
awesome, and hilarious! They would tell
jokes to each other, eat together, play
together and did everything together. They
were best friends!
“Hope, I am finally going home!” Sophia
smiled with glee. She had been in the
hospital for what seemed like months and
now she was finally going home
Hope loved the feel of Sophia’s hands
as she grasped her tightly and gave her
a big hug. Hope and Sophia got into
the red plastic wagon.
Sophia was going to see the fish as she
did most of her healthy days. This was
something Hope looked forward to
during her day too.
Sophia liked looking at the fish as if
one day she could be just like them-
swimming around with friends, not
having to come up to breathe and
gliding through the water. Sophia
pressed her hand on the tank, trying to
touch the fish one last time.
Sophia, now tired and ready to go back
to the room, grabbed Hope’s arm as she
jumped back into the red wagon.
Sophia’s parents had been packing all day and it
seemed as if in a blink of an eye it was time to go.
Sophia turned to Hope and said, “We are going to
have so much fun at my house! It is so much bigger
than this hospital room.”
Hope said, “I can’t wait to see your house. I bet we
are going to have so much fun too.”
On the way home they played a game of I Spy. It
was hard because the car kept moving, so they
might have passed the object they were trying to
find!
When they arrived home, Sophia and
Hope settled into Sophia’s room. They
played all the games they could think
of.
They even drew pictures of Sophia’s
favorite Para fish from the tank at the
hospital. It was orange and its body
glistened like the sun.
They were tired so they went to bed
and slept all night.
From that moment on Sophia and Hope
were going to be best friends forever.
Now it is your turn. You are going to
be Hope’s best friend and she will love
you forever!
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