The King of the Polar Bears TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text The other ran away to his fellows and carried the news of the king's strange appearance. The result was a meeting of all the polar bears upon a broad field of ice, where they talked gravely of the remarkable change that had come upon their monarch.<br><br>"He is, in reality, no longer a bear," said one; "nor can he justly be called a bird. But he is half bird and half bear, and so unfitted to remain our king."<br><br>"Then who shall take his place?" asked another.<br><br>"He who can fight the bird-bear and overcome him," answered an aged member of the group. "Only the strongest is fit to rule our race."<br><br>There was silence for a time, but at length a great bear moved to the front and said:<br><br>"I will fight him; I--Woof--the strongest of our race! And I will be King of the Polar Bears."<br><br>The others nodded assent, and dispatched a messenger to the king to say he must fight the great Woof and master him or resign his sovereignty.<br><br>"For a bear with feathers," added the messenger, "is no bear at all, and the king we obey must resemble the rest of us."<br> COMMENTS: Visual Text Perhaps a children's ballet? CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheKingofthePolarBears.pdf
