Changes: Please Don't Feed the Bears

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Story

"Please Don't Feed the Bears" is the seventh story in Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.

Plot

Sarah is mad because her family, including her bratty little sister Katie, is taking a trip over the Halloween weekend to Cuddle Bear Land instead of Midnight Mansion, a haunted themed amusement park. Cuddle Bear Land is an amusement park where the employees are dressed as Bears. When they arrive at the park, Sarah cheers up a little because her parents allow her to go on the Roarin' Roller Coaster by herself. She rides five times and on the fifth time, she gets the privilege of sitting next to a Cuddle Bear on his lunch break. After riding, Sarah goes off down Honey Comb Lane to meet up with her parents and sister.

She seems to be lost and ducks into 'The Cave: Caution. Employees Only' to ask for directions to the Hibernation Rest Center where her parents are hanging out and growing ever more furious. A Cuddle Bear named Kira says she'll help Sarah, but first Sarah will have to eat a bag of Honey Crackers. She does, but instantly begins sprouting hair on her elbows and ears. She screams and flees the Cave. She didn't eat enough Honey Crackers to fully become a Cuddle Bear, so she simply covers her hairy elbows and keeps walking.

She finds her parents and sister and they all go home. Sarah discovers that that fur on her ears seems to only be a furry cap she was given. Katie finds a bag of Honey Crackers in Sarah's backpack and eats them all. Sarah then realizes she'll have her own Cuddle Bear soon.

Trivia

The Cuddle Bears are a likely parody of the Care Bears.
On Page 88, Sara refers to Cuddle Bear Land as "Cuddle Bear Park". Additionally, on the final page, Monster Mansion is refereed to as "Midnight Mansion".

References in other Goosebumps media

During Goosebumps HorrorTown's It Came From the Internet event, Jordan mentions wanting to rent a film called "Cuddle Bears Save Honey Lane"

Tales to Give You Goosebumps series
Tales to Give You Goosebumps	The House of No Return • Teacher's Pet • Strained Peas • Strangers in the Woods • Good Friends • How I Won My Bat • Mr. Teddy • Click • Broken Dolls • A Vampire in the Neighborhood
More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	The Werewolf's First Night • P.S. Don't Write Back • Something Fishy • You Gotta Believe Me! • Suckers! • Dr. Horror's House of Video • The Cat's Tale • Shell Shocker • Poison Ivy • The Spirit of the Harvest Moon
Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	The Chalk Closet • Home Sweet Home • Don't Wake Mummy • I'm Telling! • The Haunted House Game • Change for the Strange • The Perfect School • For The Birds • Aliens in the Garden • The Thumbprint of Doom
Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	Pumpkin Juice • Attack of the Tattoo • The Wish • An Old Story • The Scarecrow • Awesome Ants • Please Don't Feed The Bears • The Goblin's Glare • Bats About Bats • The Space Suit Snatcher
More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	The Haunted Guitar • Tune in Tomorrow • Live Bait • Something Strange About Marci • The Ghost Sitter • Fun With Spelling • Matt's Lunch Box • Stuck in 1957 • Mirror Mirror on the Wall • What's Cooking?
More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	Don't Sit on the Gronk • Nutcracker Nightmare • The Ice Vampire • A Holly Jolly Holiday • Why I Hate Jack Frost • Marshmallow Surprise • Monster on the Ice • The Double-Dip Horror • Santa's Helpers • Attack of the Christmas Present

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 ==References in other ''Goosebumps'' media==
-* During ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'''s ''It Came From the Internet'' event, Jordan mentions wanting to rent a film called "Cuddles Bears and the Land of Honey".
+* During ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'''s ''It Came From the Internet'' event, Jordan mentions wanting to rent a film called "Cuddle Bears Save Honey Lane"
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