# The Trip to Panama - Enhanced Edition

Janosch

Once upon a time, Little Bear and Little Tiger lived down by the riverside. Where you can see smoke rising into the air, beside the big tree. They had a boat too.Until one day. a crate came floating down the river. Little Bear sniffed it, and said, «Oooh.bananas!». The crate did smell of bananas. And what was that word written on it? «Pa-na-ma» read Little Bear.

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The Trip


Once upon a time, a little bear

and a little tiger lived down by

the riverside. Where you can see

smoke rising into the air, beside

the big tree.

They had a boat too.


They lived in a nice little house with

a chimney.

»How happy we are!« said Little Tiger.

»We have all we could wish for, and

we don’t have to be afraid of anything.

That’s because we’re so strong, aren’t we,

Bear?«

»Yes« said Little Bear. »I’m as strong

as a bear, and you’re as strong as a tiger.

That should do.«


Every day, Little Bear took his rod

and went fishing and Little Tiger

went out in the woods looking for

mushrooms.


Litte Bear cooked their dinner eyery day,

because he was a very good cook.


»Would you rather have the fish cooked

with salt and pepper or lemon and onion,

Mr Tiger?«

»All of them!« said Little Tiger.

»And I want the biggest helping!«

After the fish they ate stewed mushrooms,

and then they had bilberry jam and honey.

They really did lead a very happy life in

their nice little house down by the riverside.

Until one day…


… a crate came floating down the river.

Little Bear fished it out of the water,

sniffed it, and said, »Oooh…bananas!«


The crate did smell of bananas. And what

was that word written on it?

»Pa-na-ma,« read Little Bear.

»This crate comes from Panama, and

Panama smells of bananas!

Oh, Panama is the land of my dreams!«

He ran home and told Little Tiger.

He went on talking about Panama far

into the night.


»Everything is much nicer in Panama, you

know,« he said.

»Panama smells of bananas all over. Panama is

the land of our dreams, Tiger. We must start

for Panama first thing tomorrow, mustn’t we, «

Tiger?


«First thing tomorrow,« agreed Little Tiger.

»Because we don’t have to be afraid of

anything, do we, Bear? But we must take my

stripy tiger duck with us.«


Next morning they got up much earlier than

usual.

»If you don’t know your way,« said Little

Bear, »the first thing you need is a signpost.«

And he made a signpost out of the crate.


»We must take my fishing rod too,

because if you have a rod you can always

catch fish, and if you can catch fish

you needn’t go hungry…«


»And if you needn’t go hungry,«

said Little Tiger,