Summary

A bully realizes that friendship is important and no longer bullies.

One day, Andy and Sam leave their teddy bears, Arthur and Emmy in the red wagon. As soon as Andy and Sam leave the bears they decide to go play themselves. They swing on the tire swing, play on the slide, build sandcastles and then ride in the wagon until the Big Bad Bully Bear comes. He is the biggest and meanest teddy bear in the world -- he prides himself on cutting people in line, kicking sandcastles and throwing little bears' hats in trees.

The Big Bully Bear has decided that he wants the red wagon. Emmy and Arthur try and think of how they can stop the Big Bear from stealing Andy's red wagon. They finally decide that they will spray him with the garden hose but they realize it is much too heavy and tangled to do alone so they'll gather up all their bear friends in the neighborhood to help. Arthur points the hose at the Bully Bear and he says "You can't scare me...I am the Bully Bear, the biggest, meanest teddy bear in the world and this is my red wagon!" Arthur then has no choice but to spray the Bully Bear and he falls down, he tries to get up but his fur is too wet and heavy and he realizes he needs help!

He tries to ask the other little bears for help but they say no because he took Andy's wagon. Bully Bear tries to be polite but he still gets no help. Finally Arthur comes back to him and tells him that if he wasn't so mean that they would help him. Bully Bear then says "Okay, Arthur, pull me up and I'll be the biggest, nicest teddy bear in the world!" Initially the other bears are skeptical but Bully Bear just asks for a chance to prove himself. He then realizes that he does have friends and he doesn't have to be such a bully. He then throws a party for all his friends and after the party Emmy and Arthur along with Bully Bear return to the red wagon to wait for Andy and Sam.

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