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For this character's counterpart in the literary universe, see Lucy (literary).

Lucy is a female doll who belongs to Emily. Only Emily can hear what Lucy says.[note 1] Lucy has short blonde hair and wears a short puffy-sleeved red dress, a white apron with a red and white bonnet, and brown shoes. Lucy is graceful and intelligent and likes to have fun and pretend.

Biography[]

At Owl's "because party", Lucy fell down a tree and broke her arm. Little Bear fixed it with tape.[1]

Once, Little Bear and Emily left Lucy with Owl for him to look after her for awhile. Owl asked Lucy if she wanted to play checkers or take a nap, and he pretended that she said she wanted to take a nap.[note 2] After Owl fell asleep, some leaves were blown onto and covered Lucy, so, when Duck came along, she did not see Lucy and sat on the pile of leaves.

When Emily and Little Bear returned, they pretended that Lucy had died. Owl understood that they were only pretending, but Duck did not. The four of them prepared a funeral for Lucy, at which Hen and Cat showed up and payed their respects. After the funeral, they all pretended that Lucy came back to life, which was great fun for them all, while Duck broke down crying.[2]

Background information[]

Since only Emily can actually hear Lucy talk, those occasions are marked in the show with a small musical motif.

Notes[]

  1. It is possible that, in fact, Lucy does not talk and Emily only pretends that she can hear her. However, for the purposes of this encyclopedia, we shall trust what is demonstrated to us by the show, where, often, Lucy's musical motif is played to represent her talking and only thereafter does Emily comment on what she said, implying that Lucy does indeed talk.
  2. Since only Emily can actually hear Lucy, it is unknown what Lucy really said.

Appearances and references[]

Citations[]

  1. Michael Thoma. "Party at Owl's House". Little Bear, season 1, episode 12c.
  2. Nancy Barr. "Lucy's Okay". Little Bear, story by Else Holmelund Minarik, season 2, episode 11c.
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