Double Dare Bear

## Premise

Kissyfur and the cubs head for a circus, after Kissyfur is dared— Well, double dared by Lennie to prove His circus experiences weren’t fictitious.

## Full Story

The story begins with Kissyfur and the cubs looking for berries, as Kissyfur said that feeding was easier back at the circus. Lennie doesn’t believe, as Toot tells Kissyfur that there’s a tree with plenty of berries. As Kissyfur goes on a log, He explains his experience on the tightrope, then does a handstand. Lennie stomps on the log, causing Kissyfur to lose his balance and fall in the water. Then a piece of paper with a clown’s face flies into Kissyfur’s face. Kissyfur after seeing the paper, says that a circus is playing at the swamp’s edge. Lennie takes the poster, and tears it up, declaring to go there to see how dumb the circus is, then dares Kissyfur. Kissyfur said they can’t go, thinking their folks wouldn’t allow them to go. Lennie says to the others that Kissyfur’s making up all His experiences at the circus and double dares Kissyfur, who accepts, to prove his Circus heritage is true.

Soon, Kissyfur and the cubs in a washtub row to the circus, nearby, Floyd and Jolene who were eating illustrations of food, spot the cubs and get ready to attack. Toot spots Jolene, who shushes the scared Beaver. Seconds later, the cubs are cornered, but row fast, spinning. Jolene goes to eat the cubs, but gets Her face messed up, as the cubs row away. The gators pursue them, but back off, as the cubs wonder why the gators broke off their pursuit, then they spot Brutus, who charges. The cubs jump to grab a branch, the instant before Brutus strikes the washtub. The branch the cubs were hanging on to breaks, and Brutus continues to chase them, but the washtub lands on Brutus’ head, blinding him until he crashes into a rock, knocking him out. Thinking they were safe, the cubs spot a waterfall and fall downward. The branch fell between two rocks and the cubs grab it, sling-shooting them safely into a tree and to the ground. The cubs recover and hear festive music and a roar of an elephant, and to their surprise, they see a circus.

Once inside the circus, Kissyfur shows them around as they see customers getting refreshments. They sneak to the Big Top, where the real excitement is. And shows them performing bears juggling balls, jumping a flaming hoop, and balancing beach balls. Lennie, still not believing Kissyfur double dares Kissyfur to perform on stage, Kissyfur refuses, but Lennie taunts Kissyfur so much, Kissyfur goes on stage, juggling three beach balls, the other bears toss their beach balls to Kissyfur and the crowd cheers. But when the animal tamer approaches the young bear, Beehonie screams “Look Out!” As the tamer cracks his whip, disrupting Kissyfur’s performance. Kissyfur goes to escape the tamer, the clowns, and the roustabouts, but is put in a cage.

Later, The rest of the cubs search for Kissyfur in the circus grounds, as Duane sees a circus truck moving A wood box, signifying that the circus is leaving. Kissyfur who is in a cage on a bigger cage, calls for his friends. The cubs gather there to Kissyfur’s relief, and understands why His dad left the circus. The cubs form a tower with Toot at the top, struggling to remove the spike from the lock. Meanwhile, Lennie who is at the bottom of the tower and holding up the tower, is tickled by something orange and black, so Lennie grabs it and gets the attention of a tiger, scaring Lennie and the tower topples, but Kissyfur is freed, but also gets the attention of the roustabouts, who intend to capture the cubs who make a run for it. One of the roustabouts uses a net to capture Lennie, and Kissyfur who saw what happened, jumps on the crates, uses the crane as a swinging rope, and landing on a unicycle, saves Lennie, who was being picked up by the roustabouts, and catvh up with the cubs who run to the exit. Near the exit, the cubs manage to escape the circus grounds, as an elephant covers their escape, blocking the circus workers, and holding back the animal tamer.

At night, Kissyfur and the others reach home, tired from the long walk back, as Kissyfur asks Beehonie that the next time anyone dares Him to do something that dumb, She has to remind Him to pay no mind, as Lennie apologizes to Kissyfur for not believing and thankful that Kissyfur’s circus heritage wasn’t false. Kissyfur after hearing it, then said that the hardest trick is coming, as Gus opens the door. Explaining to their families about where they were, as Gus said “Where have You been?” And the cartoon ends with Toot saying, “Well, that’s Show Business”

## Trivia

* When Kissyfur does his handstand, His nose turns pink.
* At the very end, Toot’s upper side of his tail is a darker color.