Everyone said that Little Bear Dodo had an especially serious dad.
What was this especially serious Bear Dad like?
Every time they went to the playground, Bear Dad would stand stiffly beside the elephant slide with a tightly furrowed brow. His mouth was never as wide open as Little Monkey Taotao’s dad’s, and his teeth were never as visible as Little Rabbit Tiaotiao’s dad’s. In short, among all the dads in the playground, Dodo’s dad’s expression was colder than an iceberg in Antarctica.
At home, when Bear Dad came back from work every day and saw Little Bear Dodo playing like a muddy kid, it was like there was a fiery red flame atop his head. If Little Bear Dodo ate even a little slowly, Bear Dad’s eyes would shoot out little sparks. Sometimes, Little Bear Dodo even noticed that his dad’s face looked like a big dark cloud, especially when he carefully handed over his new report card. The big dark cloud would suddenly turn into a storm.
Little Bear Dodo really wished his especially serious dad could change. One day, he heard Little Monkey Taotao say that if you bury your wish in a flower pot with four-leaf clovers, even the smallest wish would come true.
So, Little Bear Dodo dove into the bushes, searching and searching. He searched the whole day and finally found a small grass with four leaves. Little Bear Dodo was extremely happy! He transplanted the clover into a small flower pot at home and buried a small piece of paper in the pot. On the paper, Dodo wrote: “I wish for a not especially serious Bear Dad.” Then, Little Bear Dodo happily fell asleep.
The next morning, Dodo woke up from his dream to find a different Bear Dad. This Bear Dad’s face was full of sunflowers, and his smile was particularly bright in the morning sunlight.
Little Bear Dodo was amazed. His wish had really come true! Little Bear Dodo happily drank the honey egg soup his dad made for him and even listened to his dad tell a particularly funny joke.
Just like that, Bear Dad turned into a not especially serious Bear Dad. When they went to the playground again, Dad showed a smile warmer than the summer sun, and he played on the slide and bumper cars with Dodo. When he saw Little Bear Dodo’s report card, Dad no longer turned his face into a storm cloud. Instead, he looked up, blinked his sparkling eyes, and gave Dodo encouragement.
Over time, the once especially serious Bear Dad completely disappeared, and the magical lucky four-leaf clover had already withered. Little Bear Dodo might never know that the small piece of paper he buried under the four-leaf clover had been quietly collected in a small drawer by the now not especially serious Bear Dad.
Did the especially serious dad really turn into a not especially serious dad because of the wish buried in the flower pot? In fact, seriousness and not seriousness were both ways Dad expressed his love. The love Dad had for his child never changed.
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “
