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vines!” the bear boomed through the massive headset propped between his big, furry ears.
“Fred Crossburger,” Reggie whispered to Spencer. “My mom says he gives ‘bulking up for winter’ a whole new meaning.” Kate hushed them again, and then mimed stretching for imaginary vines above her, stifling a giggle.
Taking a step closer, Spencer could see that beyond Fred, standing chest-high in the water, was a group of bears, their paws above their heads. They stretched toward the sky, alternating paws.
“What’s wrong, Maisie?” Fred chided one of the bears who’d dropped her paws back into the water. “You don’t want those delicious blueberries at the top of the tree?”
Examining the microphone that extended out of Fred’s headset, Spencer noticed a fat diamond stud in one of his furry ears, glimmering in the sunshine.
“Blueberries don’t grow on trees, Fred,” Maisie grumbled. “They grow on bushes.”
“Class, you can thank Maisie later,” Fred shouted cheerfully into his microphone. “Ten more for being literal!” The bears groaned.
Kate rolled her eyes and ducked through the row of trees beside them. Reggie hopped through behind her, and Spencer followed, stepping onto a small path that he hadn’t noticed before. It was different than the others in Bearhaven: unmarked and made of dirt.
Reggie sniffed the air around them. “Hey! This is the way to the—”
“The Lab,” Kate finished, grinning.
“But we’re not allowed!” Reggie sat back on his haunches. He looked, wide-eyed, from Kate to Spencer.
Not allowed? Spencer was even more sure that he needed to get to the Lab now. “What’s this lab all about, anyway?” he said, still walking. Maybe if he could get Reggie talking, the cub would forget they were headed somewhere they weren’t supposed to go. Kate kept going, too, falling inbeside Spencer as Reggie started to chatter, following behind.
“It’s the most high-tech place in Bearhaven! All of the power comes from the Lab, and things are made there. Like the BEAR-COMs and security stuff and everything. Only the Bear Guard and the Bear Council are supposed to go there. Even the bears training for the guard aren’t allowed near the Lab until they pass the test and get their official cuffs. I’m going to be on the Bear Guard, you know.”
“The Bear Guard?” Spencer asked.
“Our security?”
“He doesn’t know, Reggie. He just got here,” Kate said. “The guard protects Bearhaven,” she explained to Spencer, “and keeps Bearhaven hidden. Their headquarters are in the Lab. My brother Aldo just made it through training, so now he gets to go to the Lab and wear the silver cuffs and everything.”
So Bearhaven had its own police force. Professor Weaver really must have meant it when he said that they were well equipped to help Mom and Dad.
Kate stopped abruptly, and Reggie, who’d been examining Spencer from head to toe, bumped into her back.
“Hey!” she shouted, then clapped a paw over her BEAR-COM. Their path ended at the edge of a clearing a few feet ahead, and in the clearing sat—
“The Lab . . .” whispered Reggie.
Spencer took a step forward, but Kate gently butted him back.
The Lab didn’t look like anything else in Bearhaven. A perfectly round dome, it sat in the center of the clearing and seemed to be constructed out of some sort of pitted metal.Smooth circular scoops evenly covered the shiny surface of the dome, making it look as if some huge silver golf ball had been nestled into the ground.
“How do you get in?” Spencer asked. He couldn’t see any doors or windows.
“It’s impossible,” Kate said. “Unless you’re supposed to get in, you can’t.”
Impossible? But Spencer had to get in there. “Have you ever tried?”
“No way!” Reggie yelped.
Kate jumped. “Did you hear that?”
Spencer hadn’t heard anything, but Kate spun around.
“The bell!”
“What bell?” Spencer was sure he hadn’t heard a
“Fred Crossburger,” Reggie whispered to Spencer. “My mom says he gives ‘bulking up for winter’ a whole new meaning.” Kate hushed them again, and then mimed stretching for imaginary vines above her, stifling a giggle.
Taking a step closer, Spencer could see that beyond Fred, standing chest-high in the water, was a group of bears, their paws above their heads. They stretched toward the sky, alternating paws.
“What’s wrong, Maisie?” Fred chided one of the bears who’d dropped her paws back into the water. “You don’t want those delicious blueberries at the top of the tree?”
Examining the microphone that extended out of Fred’s headset, Spencer noticed a fat diamond stud in one of his furry ears, glimmering in the sunshine.
“Blueberries don’t grow on trees, Fred,” Maisie grumbled. “They grow on bushes.”
“Class, you can thank Maisie later,” Fred shouted cheerfully into his microphone. “Ten more for being literal!” The bears groaned.
Kate rolled her eyes and ducked through the row of trees beside them. Reggie hopped through behind her, and Spencer followed, stepping onto a small path that he hadn’t noticed before. It was different than the others in Bearhaven: unmarked and made of dirt.
Reggie sniffed the air around them. “Hey! This is the way to the—”
“The Lab,” Kate finished, grinning.
“But we’re not allowed!” Reggie sat back on his haunches. He looked, wide-eyed, from Kate to Spencer.
Not allowed? Spencer was even more sure that he needed to get to the Lab now. “What’s this lab all about, anyway?” he said, still walking. Maybe if he could get Reggie talking, the cub would forget they were headed somewhere they weren’t supposed to go. Kate kept going, too, falling inbeside Spencer as Reggie started to chatter, following behind.
“It’s the most high-tech place in Bearhaven! All of the power comes from the Lab, and things are made there. Like the BEAR-COMs and security stuff and everything. Only the Bear Guard and the Bear Council are supposed to go there. Even the bears training for the guard aren’t allowed near the Lab until they pass the test and get their official cuffs. I’m going to be on the Bear Guard, you know.”
“The Bear Guard?” Spencer asked.
“Our security?”
“He doesn’t know, Reggie. He just got here,” Kate said. “The guard protects Bearhaven,” she explained to Spencer, “and keeps Bearhaven hidden. Their headquarters are in the Lab. My brother Aldo just made it through training, so now he gets to go to the Lab and wear the silver cuffs and everything.”
So Bearhaven had its own police force. Professor Weaver really must have meant it when he said that they were well equipped to help Mom and Dad.
Kate stopped abruptly, and Reggie, who’d been examining Spencer from head to toe, bumped into her back.
“Hey!” she shouted, then clapped a paw over her BEAR-COM. Their path ended at the edge of a clearing a few feet ahead, and in the clearing sat—
“The Lab . . .” whispered Reggie.
Spencer took a step forward, but Kate gently butted him back.
The Lab didn’t look like anything else in Bearhaven. A perfectly round dome, it sat in the center of the clearing and seemed to be constructed out of some sort of pitted metal.Smooth circular scoops evenly covered the shiny surface of the dome, making it look as if some huge silver golf ball had been nestled into the ground.
“How do you get in?” Spencer asked. He couldn’t see any doors or windows.
“It’s impossible,” Kate said. “Unless you’re supposed to get in, you can’t.”
Impossible? But Spencer had to get in there. “Have you ever tried?”
“No way!” Reggie yelped.
Kate jumped. “Did you hear that?”
Spencer hadn’t heard anything, but Kate spun around.
“The bell!”
“What bell?” Spencer was sure he hadn’t heard a
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