Seriously Grumpy Bear.
You live on clouds.
You live on clouds in a land of rainbows and smiling stars.
You live on clouds in a land of rainbows and smiling stars with a colony of happy cuddly bears who love you and still the attitude.
What HAPPENED to you? Not enough snuggles from Grams Bear? Hard time hibernating? Bummed you didn’t get the wish star tummy stamp?
Maybe you need to spend some time thinking about people who are truly suffering and start appreciating how good you have it. And by “people” I mean “donkeys”. More specifically Eeyore.
Now THERE’S a fella with some poor luck. Nothing to be happy about there. As if just being a donkey weren’t enough…let’s rub salt in the wound by making him the saddest most unlucky donkey you ever did see. He was stripped of whatever masculinity he had when that giant pink bow was tied to the end of his tail. A tail, mind you, that happens to be NAILED to his BUTT.
Black clouds follow him everywhere. He has no home. Every time he tries to BUILD himself a home it falls down. He’s always alone, gets hardly any air time on a cartoon filled with “friends” who never ask him what’s wrong or offer any kind of helping hand whatsoever. Nobody offers him a place to stay. Nobody takes time to ask him if everything is okay. Nobody is ever there for him at all. Talk about someone who’d give up everything to live in a land of clouds and rainbows. And by “everything” I mean “nothing” because let’s face it. Eeyore has nothing to trade in for that kind of pad.
I think it’s time to turn that frown upside down Mr. Grump-A-Lot and think up a better name for yourself.
Wishing you happiness and inner peace.
Mama Kat
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I always thought Eeyore had the short end of the stick as well. I am unfamiliar with Grumpy Bear and from your description very much doubt I want to make his acquaintance. There are enough grumps in the world without seeking more of them out!
OMGOSH! This had me smiling the whole time! LOVED this. Eeyore is my favorite, prob because I’d love to just give the poor thing a home and finally see him smile.
ps I got it right this week. LOL
Oh dear, it’s hard to have an idea life with rainbowsandbutterfliesandsunshine.
Poor Grumpy Bear.
I’m a little bit of a “Grumpy Bear” this a.m. We’ve used up all our snow days, and are expecting the Storm of the Century, starting tomorrow. When, oh when, will Spring ever come?
You know, I have always wondered what Eeyore did to deserve the short stick in life. Who the heck did he piss off? I need to know so that I don’t.
If I lived with all those cheerful bears and rainbows and crap, I’d be grumpy too!
LOVE Eeyore, I totally identify with him.
I always had a connection to Eeyore for some reason …. I’m not sure why, or if that says anything about me.
I totally forgot his tail was nailed to his butt…the details slip away after just a few decades…who knows, maybe keeping a few youngsters around prevents senility.
EEyore is my favorite. I was never a big carebear fan at all. Too cute..
I think it’s safe to say that poor Eeyore is the “Job” of the cartoon world. Poor guy! Great article. Lots of smiles here. :)
Kristi, Live and Love…Out Loud
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I totally understand grumpy bear this morning :D cute!
That prompt did not inspire me. But you made it fascinating! Well done, I wish I’d written that!
oh, mama kat. i love the care bears. i had a few dolls and watched the cartoon. they were such a magical, happy bunch of bears, but i never thought about grumpy bear and why he was never happy. very interesting. and poor Eeyore. he has every right to be miserable. grumpy is just ungrateful, like, grumpy smurf. take care.
ps- i did the 10 things list, but thought my post might be a little too “rated-R” for WW. i didn’t want to offend anyone. i was just trying to be funny, but i didn’t participate just in case.
i’m feelin’ a little grumpy bear this am, meanwhile mr. “i wake up every hour on the hour because i’m getting new teeth” is all sunshine and roses this morning.
super-the-cutest post. i heart the writer’s workshop.
Uh yeah that’ll do it to ya! Unbelievable how resilient kids are and yet we’re completely worthless on less than 6 hours of sleep. :)
I always felt horrible for Eeyore. Why make such a sad guy in such a great cartoon?
Hey there, I participated again this week but I can’t get the photo to post on my blog! I tried twice!! Just wanted to let you know….
Very well said!! I never understood why he was so grumpy either!!
You know…I see your point, but if I had to run around with a bunch of gay bears all day long, I might be a little grumpy too. ;)
That’s true. A person can only take so much perkiness.
I love love love it! And not just because they both happen to be 2 of my favorite characters! Great post! And, as always, thanks for the great prompts!
This is such a cute post! I love the care bears, it reminds me of when I was a kid! Sorry, total blogging question here, but how did you get these images to appear so seemless?
I love this blog hop! It’s fun to read everyone’s stories. Maybe next week I’ll have time to participate!
My friend installed photoshop elements on my computer and I’ve been having fun with it. I can save an image to my computer and make the background white. That’s what makes them look like that. They just blend into my background.
We are now having a family discussion about Grumpy. The OP says he is grumpy because everyone bothers him. The hubs says it is because he has three kids (he is a bit grumpy this morning himself) to which she replied, “DAD, care bears DO NOT have children!” Maybe he just needs a hug. Hugs to Grumpy bear. Now Sleepy bear – He has the life.
I never thought about Eeyore’s pink bow. Poor guy.
I’m an Eeyore fan….and apparently my youngest thought about the pink bow from the minute we gave him an Eeyore, he tried to chew it off!!!
I LOVE IT! He is too grumpy, isn’t he? Then again, maybe he’s related to the dwarf of the same name? ;)
I don’t think I could handle happy, perky rainbow land. Just sayin’. I would probably be grumpy bear too.
Great letter, M-K! I think the appeal in these characters is that we all feel down and grumpy sometimes. Luckily, it’s not all the time. :)
Love it! I miss the old carebears. . .
LOL.. I always feel so bad for Eeyore.. I agree Grumpy Bear needs to suck it up he has it made.
Too too funny! You are right, grumpy bear has it so good.
By the way, your writing prompt button in this post, when I tried to copy the code and paste it, it said the picture is no longer available on photobucket. And when I tried to get your side one it wouldn’t publish as the html code was not closed in it. Maybe it is just me.. but something funny.
I love Eeyore! His is my favorite! Loved the letter to Grumpy.
That is a great letter, and you have a very valid point! Eeyore is my favorite. :)
This post is so fantastic! I always, always felt so bad for Eeyore. Sometimes I couldn’t even watch the show or read the books, because my heart just broke for that sad little donkey.
Ahhhhh, poor Grumpy Bear. He probably just needs to get laid.
Thank you! Seriously Grumpy Bear- you think YOU have problems? Puh-lease!
I never understood mythical creatures that are so grumpy and sad. Hello, you don’t have bills to pay! bathrooms to scrub! evil 2 yr olds to potty train! Ugh I’d trade places with grumpy bear any day LOL
Aw, talk about revisiting my childhood! I love this letter… and I heart Eeyore… poor Eeyore. Watching those cartoons now, I cry at Eeyore’s misfortune. Someone said children are stronger than adults, and I really think they are because I would handle Eeyore’s pain as a child.
This is brilliant! I love it!!
Thanks for putting a smile on my face.
Fabulous letter, Kat! But how do you know/remember so many things about Eeyore? Still watching Pooh these days?
Justine :o )
I TiVo it. Gotta have my pooh.
mmkay that just sounded wrong.
This made me so sad for Eeyore! Love the idea though of writing this. So cute!
You’d be sad, too, if your food source was thistles. Poor Eeyore. I think Grumpy Bear’s purpose in life is to keep parents from completely drowning in the sugary-sweet happiness of Care Bear Land. If it weren’t for him, my TV would be in serious danger of being broken.
Trippin’ Mama
I just found your blog through foursons. I love this blog hop idea and would love to participate! I’ll link my story up in just a few minutes!
Loved your post! I have always felt so sad for poor Eeyore. As a kid though, I would laugh that he never had a house. How horrible was that! I linked up my emergency freakout story! First time, and I’m super glad to have found your site!
great observation on eyeore–friendless in a cartoon about friends. Sometimes I wonder if the authors of those cartoons really think things through. Take for instance–Otis, the gender confused bull on Nickelodeons show Barnyard Friends, that’s who I wrote a letter to.
I always love your tone.. Its enviable.. GREAT blog by the way!
LOVE this letter! You inspired me to write to Rainbow Brite today. :)
I love it! I never thought about it that way, but WHY is he so grumpy? Looks like he has a great life to me!
Back to comment after a dasterdly trip to Hell-Mart. You know, you’re right. And, it’s funny how so many cartoons have the chronically depressed character (Charlie Brown, Droopy, etc). Aren’t cartoons supposed to be funny? Depression isn’t funny. Know what else isn’t funny? Wal-Mart the day before the “snowstorm of the year”.
Snowstorms of the year are EXCITING! Have a delightful time with that. ;)
I think Lolli mentioned earlier that possibly a reason to have a an angry or sad character is to make them relate-able. I think that makes sense. Considering my kids are “grumpy” 90 percent of the time. ;)
Oooo, I’m so going OFF on SpongeBob for this challenge. Thanks for this great idea mama Kat. Awesome!!! :)
See? Told you I would resubmit when I surfaced for air. :)
I had never thought about it that way. Sheesh. Leave it to you to point out something so TRUE!
I love Grumpy Bear. He conveys the message that sometimes it’s okay to be a pissy bitch, and I find that validating.
I always wanted a Grumpy Bear (back in the Carebear craze of ’85). My next choices were Cheer Bear, the one with the hearts, or Bedtime Bear. but which one did I get? Friendship Bear. Yay-freaking-rah. I was bummed.
And yeah, Eeyore needs meds.
Love those Care Bears!
Great prompts this week.
I read your letter going, “Yeah, Grumpy, YEAH! You think YOUR life is hard?! Look at Eyeore! Yeah!” Righteous anger at a cartoon character. Awesome.
Eeyore always drives me crazy. There’s already so much whining going around my house I don’t need to read it in a book or give my kids an example of how to perfect it.
It’s funny, when I was young I LOVED Eeyore. I wanted to collect all Eeyore things. I thought he was so sweet. Now as an adult I just want to slap him. He brings in the thousand acre forest down. So pessimistic…someone pass Eeyore the happy pills. ;)
I feel lame, but I don’t remember commenting today! I loved the letter. Poor Eyeore. Haha.
This is absolutely hilarious. I almost shot a pea from my nose I laughed so hard!
Love it!!
Kelli @ SustainingCreativity
Oh c’mon now, his friends help him out. Don’t you remember when he had no presents at Christmas and they all rallied around to rebuild his shack and leave him great presents?
You do bring up a good point about the bow though…. Poor Eyore.
you are so funny
Way to show Eeyore some love, MK. I heart Eeyore.
Hahaha… that made me laugh so much! Thanks!
I’m late. I’m slow. And I am a slow learner and posted about parenting. I just didn’t know I had learned so much!
I never got into Care Bears, just like I never got into the Smurfs either (something about too cute cartoons that wigs me out).
Don’t know if you ever read the Tau of Pooh or the Te of Piglet, but one of them talks about the Eeyore Effect. Anybody who walks around thinking that the world is all gloom and doom is just like Eeyore.
I just hope that grumpy gets the hint,
This was great!!! Poor Eyeore. I always felt bad for him.
This was such a good post! I always thought I was weird because Tigger and Eyeore both were my favorite cartoon characters. I guess they’re just meant to show that it’s okay to show you’re upset from time to time. Now the cartoon character that drives me crazy is Deigo. I mean what type of parents send their kid out into the jungle to rescue wild animals, with a baby jaguar as a pet?!
This made me laugh out loud…..you are so clever. You really brought some serious issues to my attention, like why is Eeyore’s tail NAILED to his BUTT….that’s just unfortunate and wrong on so man levels…..
That’s hilarious! My oldest grandson has earned the title of our little Eeoyre. Seems like he’s always unhappy, things are always unfair or he’s always bored or not liking what the other people want to do. I really try to love him and sometimes he’s a really cute boy, but I just don’t know how to deal with all that gloom & doom. I have them for a whole week this summer – either we’ll be able to snap him out of it once he’s away from his overprotective Mom, or it will be a total disaster. Wish me luck!
I love it! I was the biggest ever Care Bear fan as a kid, my favourites were Tenderheart and Bedtime bear, because I had those but out of all the them it had to be Funshine bear, don’t know why she never worked her magic on Grumpy!