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"Polar Bear" is the second story in the second episode of the first season of Little Bear. It was written by Suzanne Collins. In the United States, it premiered on 13 November 1995 on Nickelodeon.

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Little Bear at Hen's House

Little Bear and his friends about to paint Hen's house

Little Bear, Duck, Cat, and Hen stand outside of Hen's house. Hen thanks them for coming to help her fix it up, to which Little Bear asks what they are going to do to it. Hen tells him that they are going to give it a fresh coat of paint and Little Bear asks what color paint. Hen says they will paint it white. Duck thinks that pink polka-dots would look nice and Little Bear suggests painting it blue, but Hen is adamant that the house should be painted a nice, clean, sparkling white. When Little Bears asks if they need brushes, Hen goes inside to retrieve them, but not before suggesting that the others bring the paint up to the roof so they can start at the top.

Little Bear lifts the paint

Little Bear trying to lift the heavy paint can

Duck asks how they will get the paint up to the roof. Cat responds by climbs up the ladder and asking them to lift the paint up to him. However, it is too heavy for Little Bear to lift. After Duck, too, fails to lift the paint bucket, she tells Little Bear to hand it up to her and Cat and runs up the ladder. Little Bear lifts the paint and gives it to Duck, but the weight begins to pull her down. Luckily, Cat catches her tail with his mouth and pulls her and the paint onto the roof.

Little Bear covered in paint

The white paint falling onto Little Bear

Unfortunately, as Duck is thanking Cat for preventing an accident, her wing knocks the paint off the roof, causing it to fall onto Little Bear and color him white. When Hen comes out of the house with her paintbrushes, she sees the paint-covered Little Bear who she doesn't recognize at first. Duck climbs back down the ladder and explains that they had a little accident, much to Hen's dismay.

Little Bear stands up

Little Bear standing after Hen wiped his nose

Duck climbs down to ask Little Bear if he's alright but quickly succumbs to laughter when she instead asks him if he's "all white". Hen wipes some paint off Little Bear's nose, remarking that there is something very impressive about him in white. She suggests that he could be a whole different bear, with Cat remarking that he might already be a different bear.

When Little Bear asks what he should do, Hen says he should go home so he doesn't end up dripping any paint in her house. Little Bear agrees and leaves as Duck continues laughing at her joke.

Little Bear sees his reflection

Little Bear looking at his reflection in the lake

On his way home, Little Bear sees his reflection in the lake and growls at it. With a sigh, Little Bear wonders who he is, causing Owl, who is sitting in a nearby tree, to tell him that he is a polar bear. Owl says that he is obviously lost, to which Little Bear objects by saying that he is going home. Owl replies that polar bears live in the north pole, saying that the current location is too hot for polar bears. He bids Little Bear goodbye and flies off as Little Bear continues walking home.

Little Bear imagining himself in the north pole

Little Bear imagining himself at the north pole

Little Bear thinks about the north pole and begins to imagine himself as a big polar bear in the north pole. After running through a blizzard, he begins skating on the ice, only to wind up falling on his backside. A fish begins jumping out of a small hole in the ice, and Little Bear attempts to catch it. Just then, a pair of walruses show up and dive into the hole, knocking Little Bear backwards. As the ice cracks around him, the fish jumps over Little Bear again, prompting Little Bear to dive into the water after it.

Little Bear underwater

Little Bear imagining himself swimming in the ocean

Little Bear swims down to the ocean floor in search of the fish which appears behind him. He tries to catch it in his jaws, but the fish swims away, prompting Little Bear to swim after it. Suddenly, Little Bear stops moving through the water and returns to reality where his swimming motions are noticed by a squirrel which climbs up the tree despite Little Bear's attempt to inform it who he is. Once the squirrel is gone, Little Bear decides to tell Mother Bear that he is leaving for the North Pole.

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