Why is the little bear little and the big bear big.

Maybe the little bear is little because his tummy is smaller than the big bearses tummy, and the bigs bear has a tummy bigger than the little bears one. But the little bear is taller than the big bear, so perhaps he should be the big bear and the names are the wrong way around.

Maybe the names big and little aren't really about size of tummies, how tall they are, or what any part of them is like. Maybe big is called big bear because he is more of a big grown up person than a little bear is. Little bear likes singing along and dancing about the house wearing just his pants. Big bear likes reading books and has a wooly jumper with buttons down the middle.

But sometimes both the bears are big. Like when the bears are at school, and they are both big grown up bears with important things to do. Little bear wears jackets that are dark grey with thin stripes down them, and big bear wears jackets that are all tweedy, which proves it.

And sometimes both the bears are little. Like when the bears are happy at home and they play silly game around the house, or when the bears are not feeling very well and are in bed with a cold.

Then there was a time when the big bear looked after the little bear. But really, the little bear thinks that he mostly looks after the big bear. You see, the little bear helps the big bear when the big one can't think properly, the little bear helps the big one make freinds and eat good food and make everything ok.

So really in a funny way it is the little bear that is the big one, and the big bear that is the little one. But it is too late to change the names now!