![By Eric Bissell](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/flag.gif?resize=567%2C284)
![My Uncle Bear lives in Canada.](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/map.gif?resize=400%2C344)
![Uncle Bear isn’t a real bear!](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bear.jpg?resize=452%2C369)
![Canada is a country that is north of the United States.](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/map.jpg?resize=500%2C255)
![It is very cold in Canada.](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/igloo.jpg?resize=480%2C315)
![The people who live in Canada do not mind the cold. They are called "hardy people."](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fall.jpg?resize=350%2C289)
They are called “hardy people.”
![This is because their blood is thicker than ours, so it does not freeze in the cold.](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ice.jpg?resize=536%2C308)
![My Uncle Bear likes the cold.](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/richbear.jpg?resize=301%2C304)
![I don’t like to be cold. I wait for Uncle Bear to travel south to visit me!](https://i0.wp.com/www.bissells.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/eric1.jpg?resize=361%2C239)
I wait for Uncle Bear to travel south to visit me!
THE END
Published by
The Children’s Publishing Center
South Grafton Elementary School
South Grafton, MA
2001-2002
THE END
Published by
The Children’s Publishing Center
South Grafton Elementary School
South Grafton, MA
2001-2002