The Berenstain Bears and the Green-Eyed Monster Electronic book published by ipicturebooks.com 24 W. 25th St. New York, NY 10010 For more ebooks, visit us at: http://www.ipicturebooks.com All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1995 by Stan and Jan Berenstain Originally published by Random House in 1995 No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. e-ISBN: 1-59019-223-0 Ebook conversion by wTree.com It was a happy time in the big tree house down a sunny dirt road in Bear Country - a happy birthday time. It was Brother Bear's birthday, and he was getting some very fine presents. Brother wasn't exactly having a party, but Cousin Fred, Lizzy Bruin, and Babs Bruno were there. And Gramps and Gran, of course. "Wow!" said Brother when he opened his present from Gramps. It was an aluminum bat. "Thanks, Gramps. I'll hit twenty home runs with this!" Gran's present was a great-looking warm-up jacket. Brother tried it on and looked in the mirror. "Thank you, Gran. It's really neat," he said. His other presents were a fielder's glove from Cousin Fred, a sports video from Lizzy Bruin, and a mystery book from Babs Bruno. Sister's very thoughtful gift was a package of balsa wood, the special wood brother used for making model airplanes. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you all!" he said. "You're welcome and happy birthday!" said the gift givers. Sister's gift was thoughtful. But she was being thoughtful in another way, too. It isn't always easy when your brother gets a lot of presents and you don't. Sister understood that she had gotten presents when it was her birthday and would again. Besides, she wasn't that interested in aluminum bats, warm-up jackets, fielder's gloves, sports videos, or balsa wood, anyway. But all that changed when Mama and Papa Bear gave Brother their present. It