The first story is about the cleaning of Balthazar’s rooms at Hartley House. As you can imagine, when a young bear is confined indoors, regular cleaning up is a must. It was Curator Ashley’s turn.
While she cleans out Room 1, Ashley closes the gate between the rooms, leaving King B in Room 2. The room is nice and clean and the gate is open so King B can enter. Everything is clean and neat for King B in Room 1. The gate is closed while Curator Ashley cleans Room 2. Ashley works in Room 2, to get it cleaned up, as well. Then she opened the gate again, giving King B the use of both rooms.
The second story is about the recent demise of a “resident” of Wild Enclosure #4, during high winds.
Faux Crow had been on duty since 2016, when that year’s cubs were frightened by cawing crows in the enclosure. Faux Crow was posted to (hopefully) discourage the live crows.Faux Crow was hanging in the enclosure, “protecting” the cubs of that year.The current cubs were oblivious to Faux Crow. Beignet discovered Faux Crow after it had fallen to the ground. Jessamine wanted Faux Crow and tried to take it away. A tug-of-war ensued. Jessamine won, but promptly forgot about it.A tribute to the late Faux Crow.
The two stories prove (1) that curators are hard-working, and take their jobs seriously, and (2) that bear cubs have short attention spans. Like toddlers, what interests them one minute can be quickly forgotten a few minutes later.
