Bonnie Cubs

Little Briar takes Vick’s axe and runs away with little Bramble. Vick follows them to the Pine Tree Kindergarten and meets many little animals there. Ms. Olivia tells him not to be afraid, and soon Vick gets along with the little animals there. Little Briar doesn’t want to join Vick and the other animals, seeming a bit lonely. Ms. Olivia then encourages little Briar to play with the others. At last, the kids at the kindergarten have a good time listening to Vick telling stories of the outside world.

Bramble is reluctant to go to the kindergarten. Even though he is there, he is scared and refuses to join his classmates in the game of hide-and-seek. Clever Tiki catches Bramble, and announces that it’s Bramble’s turn to be the seeker. Since then, Bramble starts to integrate into the group, and he finds out that everyone will miss mommy and home, and feel scared in a new environment. But now he is brave and totally enjoys his new life.

The kids get in a cave of fireflies by chance, where they meet a firefly that can’t glow. They try to help it, but none of the methods work. Coach Mack tells them that a firefly takes in oxygen through air holes on its belly, and the more it takes in, the brighter the light it generates. By utilizing this principle, they encourage the little guy to light up at last.

Coach Mack takes the kids at Pine Tree Kindergarten to go camping. They arrive happily at the camping site. The kids try to build tents and learn to pick blueberries. Coach Mack also organizes the kids to prepare a concert. At last they wrap up the trip with a picnic. Though the kids encounter some problems, they have some good time camping.

Young Little Bramble is dependent on his brother doing everything, otherwise he’s gonna cry. Little Briar loves his little brother so he always makes a compromise. He takes him to school, lets him have the bigger apple, and win the game. In math class, Little Bramble is required to answer questions by himself. He fails and bursts into tears. After school, Little Bramble, who’s eager to catch up with Briar, walks home alone and works out math questions all by himself. Now he understands what his brother says, a bear’s gotta do what a bear’s gotta do.

The cubs learn how to grow watermelons in today’s gardening class and decide to grow some together. Vick, who misses the class, claims that it’s very easy, and wants to grow by himself. His friends try to help him but Vick refused them all. Vick takes their helpful behavior as a harm to his watermelons. Days later, all the watermelons grow except Vick’s. He starts to cry. Knowing what has happened, Ms. Olivia comforts him, and encourages him. Vick realizes he should listen to others’ advice modestly. His friends volunteer to take care of the watermelons together. Finally, Vick grows big watermelons.

Briar and Bramble invite Hoo Hoo to their lair. In order to treat their guest the best they can, they offer Hoo Hoo the best things they have, which turns out to be a great torture to Hoo Hoo instead. Hoo Hoo can’t stand it anymore and even finds herself unable to fly. Luckily, Mama Bear arrives home and saves her. She tells her sons --- Walk in others’ shoes, and then you’ll know what they really want. Then they provide Hoo Hoo with what she really needs, and have a wonderful dinner together.

Little Bramble tries to stick a picture to the blackboard with Vick, but finds himself too short. He then makes efforts to grow taller. He first marks his height on a sunflower stem. Then he tries to get more sunlight, eat a lot of food, and do exercise to grow taller. But to his disappointment, he seems to be shorter every time he compares his height with the mark on the sunflower stem. At last, Vick tells little Bramble that the flower is also growing and suggests him to compare his height with the mark he previously leaves on the blackboard. Little Bramble follows Vick’s advice and discovers that he has indeed grown taller.

Coach Mack teaches the kids not to open the door to strangers at class, and the next day, he disguises as a stranger to test the bear brothers. Mama bear cooperates with Coach Mack on the test and leaves home. Coach Mack tries various means to get the bear brothers to open the door, but to no avail. At last, the bear brothers pass the test.

A pile of old toys are dug out during spring cleaning. Vick suggests that they should share them with some other people, but no one in the kindergarten wants them. Old Billy tells them a good news that the cubs in Sunshine Kindergarten may need toys, so they send them all along with a letter. Days later, they receive a thank-you note from Sunshine Kindergarten. Share things that you don’t need, and the happiness will be transferred as well.

The cubs break the trophy they won at the sports meeting. Fear of being criticized by Ms. Oliva, they make up a story that a blue bird attacks Briar and accidentally breaks the trophy. Ms. Olivia sees through their lie and gives them a lesson on honesty. The cubs confess their fault, and fix the trophy together.

The kids at Pine Tree Kindergarten welcome a new classmate—Violet, and invite her to play with them. However, Violet thinks playing marbles and mud sculpting could get her dirty. So she settles to play by herself. Soon she feels bored and lonely, and thinks the other kids don’t like her. Finally she opens her heart to the other kids. They all join Violet for her favorite afternoon tea and have a good time.

Bramble decides to keep the caterpillar he finds on his head, and see how it grows up and becomes a butterfly. As time goes by, the caterpillar becomes a pupa, and soon it will turn into a butterfly. But in the process of metamorphosis, Bramble worries that it might get stuck, and tries to help. Ms. Olivia stops him and tells him that it needs to do it itself to get enough strength to fly. Just as they expected, the butterfly finally comes out, dries its wings, and flies.

It’s Bramble’s birthday, and the kids at Pine Tree Kindergarten want to throw him a surprise party. Little Bramble remembers his birthday and goes to ask his friends to play with him. However, they need to secretly prepare the party and come up with various excuses to turn down Bramble. Just when Bramble feels disappointed, he is surprised to find that his friends have prepared a party for him.

The kids at Pine Tree Kindergarten are discussing what they want to be when they grow up. Vick says he wants to be an inventor and boasts that it’s easy to invent. To prove his point, he wants to invent something to dig holes as well as something for him to fly. However, both inventions meet with failure. Just when he is discouraged, he sees little Briar and Tiki playing paper planes. They are having a little contest. Then Vick gets an idea when he sees Bramble’s balloon. He attaches the balloon to the paper plane, and invents a “balloon plane” which could fly the most distance.

The cubs decide to pick some flowers to decorate the class. Their warm-hearted behavior ends up with a total mess. Many flowers get trodden and thrown away on the ground. Ms. Olivia plans a game for them to play, in which they realize how awful it is about what they have done to the flowers. To make it up, Ms. Olivia brings them to the place and sows lots of seeds, hoping there will be more flowers next year.

The cubs have got a new classmate – Ernie Jo, whose ears look different. A rumor starts that Ernie Jo’s big ears are infectious. Everybody tries to avoid him until Babu touches one of his ear by accident and he’s totally fine. The rumor is cleared and the cubs accept him. They invite Ernie Jo to play hide and seek. With the help of his big ears, Ernie Jo leads the cubs to find Little Vick who has fallen asleep and snores during the game. Now everybody wishes to have big ears like Ernie Jo’s do.

Little Briar builds a block tower and gets praise from Ms. Olivia, which makes Tiki unhappy because he thinks his block house is better. Tiki has a strange dream when he is taking a nap. He dreams of a “devil Tiki” who entices him to knock down Briar’s block tower. Tiki cries and wakes up. He tells the other kids about it. Ms. Olivia then helps Tiki to deal with his jealousy and encourages him to build a better block house.

Violet hates rainy days. She doesn’t get why the others are having fun as usual. She tries to practice her flute, but rain drops cause her flute to get out of tune. Violet gets quite embarrassed and bursts into tears. To comfort her, everybody else gets busy doing funny tricks. Violet stops crying, asks why they enjoy the rain, and finds her own fun on rainy days.

New classes are set up at Pine Tree Kindergarten, and little Bramble wants to attend all the classes and become a “super Bramble”. As a result, he doesn’t have enough time for every class and doesn’t do well in any of those classes. He is upset and has a bad dream. Ms. Olivia learns about this and tells Bramble that time is limited and he needs to focus on the class he is interested in.

Briar has a toothache and Vick tells him there are bugs eating his teeth, making him anxious. To get the bugs out, they try many methods, such as gargling water, asking Hoo Hoo to peck the bugs out, and singing to lure the bugs out, all of which are proven to be useless. At last, they go to see Nurse Beakman, then they find out the cause of tooth decay, and learn how to protect their teeth.

Ms. Olivia is not available for class, so Old Billy becomes the substitute teacher. At first, Old Billy tries to teach the kids the blossoming time of flowers, but they are not interested. Then he takes the kids outside and teaches them some signs of raining, such as ants going home and swallows flying low. The kids become interested when it actually starts to rain. They begin to like Old Billy’s class.

Violet has a treasure chest, and Luna-Loo especially loves the moon stone inside. One day, Luna-Loo hides the chest without Violet’s permission, unaware that Ms. Lady Jane saw everything. While the cubs help Violet search, Luna-Loo is called to Ms. Lady Jane’s office, where she hears how much Violet treasures the chest. Realizing her mistake, Luna-Loo understands she can’t keep what isn’t hers. Luna-Loo returns the chest and confesses to her friends.

It’s “Little Teachers” Day at Pine Tree Kindergarten. The other kids give interesting classes, while Vick encounters some problems because he isn’t prepared. Vick tries to read a story to the class but meets some unfamiliar words. He then gets stuck by the questions from the class. Vick gets discouraged and tells Ms. Olivia about it. Ms. Olivia reminds him that he needs to be fully prepared before class. He then prepares a class about making a toy telephone, which is welcomed by the other kids.

Little Briar misbehaves at kindergarten and refuses to apologize to the other kids. Ms. Olivia happens to go to the kids’ home for family visits. Briar is afraid that mom will learn about his behavior at kindergarten, so he tries various means to stop the family visit. Despite of this, Ms. Olivia still meets Briar’s mom. Seeing he could do nothing to stop the family visit, Briar tells the truth. Ms. Olivia tells Briar that he needs to confront his problems, and Briar learns a valuable lesson.

Today’s class is about planting beans. Coach Mack tells the cubs a very old saying – you get what you put in. Distracted by a butterfly, Little Bramble doesn’t get its right meaning. He plants a jar of honey and wishes to get more. But things go athwart. He’s got nothing.

Old Billy forecasts the weather right, and Tiki asks Old Billy to teach him how to forecast a rainy day. Tiki makes notes and memorizes it. The other kids at Pine Tree Kindergarten plan to have a picnic, and Tiki tells them the weather will be sunny. However, just when the kids are going to have the picnic, it rains. Tiki goes to find Old Billy and asks him what’s wrong with the weather forecast. Old Billy explains that nature changes constantly and that only by studying hard could they make weather forecasts as accurate as possible.

Herby is informed that there’re ripe sweet apples on the other side of the mountain. He goes there, and picks three big red apples to make apple butter. On his way home, he meets Tiki, Violet and Bramble, with whom he shares all his apples. Though he has no apple left, he feels happy helping his friends get what they need. But to his surprise, his friends bring him much food in return. They have a wonderful dinner together.

An uninvited guest, Kitty the tiger, sneaks into the drawing class, and shocks the whole class. But later this adorable tiger wins everybody’s heart. They like her, and volunteer to look after her. Kitty makes much trouble. However to make her happy, Prince Tiki lets her have his favorite bag. During naptime, kitty misses her mom so much that she can’t stop crying. Then the kids sing for her to help her sleep. It’s time to say goodbye. Everybody feels sad to part with her. Ms. Olivia promises that Kitty will attend the kindergarten when she grows up, making them happy again.

Violet demonstrates how to play skateboard to the other kids, and the kids are eager to try. However, little Bramble still couldn’t do skateboarding after many trials. Just when he is discouraged, Violet tells him some magic words secretly. Bramble murmurs the magic words, and finally learns how to play skateboard. The kids then decide to have a little contest. Bramble gets the magic words wrong but still becomes the champion. Violet’s father explains that as long as the words could bring courage, any words are magic words.

The kids save a baby bird on a rainy day. They take care of it, and build a nest for it. But the birdie seems pretty grieved. Little Briar persuades Little Bramble to help it look for its mom. After a hard trip, they make it. Mom Bird is grateful to them and the kids say goodbye to their little friend.

Tiki and Babu are making jokes about Coach Mack making the strange sound of “gululu” when he jogs with an empty stomach at Old Billy’s. Warren overhears part of the conversation and thinks there is a monster making the sound of “gululu”. Soon the rumor spreads, and the kids at Pine Tree Kindergarten are scared of the monster. They are worried that Coach Mack would run into the monster and goes to find him. At last, they learn of the truth.

Bramble can’t go to the picnic with the others because he has a cold. To make him less lonely, Briar and Vick give him a fish as a company. Bramble and the fish have a great time until Bramble gets better and starts to go out to play. When he gets back to the fish, he finds that it’s gone. Where is it? Bramble is worried and searches everywhere for the fish. At last, Ms. Olivia, who has been taking care of the fish while Bramble is away, gives it back to Bramble, and tells him how important he is to the fish. Then, Bramble understands the meaning of having a pet.

The kids at Pine Tree Kindergarten are complaining about their bad luck. Then Vick tells the other kids the story of the mysterious Forest Guard who silently helps people and the forest. The kids also learn that they could meet the Forest Guard if they do something good, so they set about doing good things. The pits in the forest are smoothed, the creek is cleaned, a sign is set up telling people to protect the flowers, and other good deeds are done. Just when the kids think they could meet the Forest Guard, they learn that the good deeds are done by each other and they are all forest guards for each other.

During the nap time, a fight against mosquitoes is on, and ends up with nothing. To keep away from mosquitoes, the kids wrap themselves tightly, which makes Coach Mack laugh. He teaches them the right way to repel mosquitoes with Chinese Mugwort. Later, Tiki meets a lot of mosquitoes that live in a puddle. Coach Mack says that the puddle is like a breeding ground for mosquitoes, and that to fill the puddle is the best way to drive them away. All of them get moving and solve the mosquito issue.

Mama bear is not at home, so she assigns three tasks to little Briar and Bramble. They need to deliver a basket of apples to Old Billy, get some lemons from Violet’s, and put the grass mat under the sun for disinfection. However, Bramble eats all the apples, and the grass mats are spoilt by the birds. Briar decides to deliver the lemons to Old Billy instead and get some grass to make new mats. However, Hoo Hoo mistakenly takes the basket of dry grass to Old Billy. Briar and Bramble then learn that managing house chores is not easy.

Violet brings a magic conch. The kids put it close to their ears and hear a beautiful sound. They have a discussion on what the sound is, and Vick says it’s echo. He tells them how the echo is produced and does a little experiment to prove the theory. Now they know how the magic conch works.

Tiki showcases his hat that has been passed down for generations at the kindergarten, and tells the other kids the story behind the hat. The story says whoever wears the hat will become a warrior. The other kids admire the hat, especially little Bramble. Bramble dreams of becoming a warrior and hides the hat. However, Tiki gets hurt when searching for the hat. Bramble has a dream in which he needs to fight the hat demon in order to become a warrior. He is scared and realizes his mistake. Bramble returns the hat to Tiki and apologizes to him.

Tiki loves pranks, which is a big headache to other cubs. He has a partner, Vick, who also plays many tricks on him. One day they discover a honeycomb, and an evil plan is arisen. They play hide and seek with Luna-Loo, and deliberately let her touch the honeycomb. But to their surprise, Luna-Loo throws the honeycomb at them in the chaos. Tiki and Vick get stung and the other cubs find out the truth. They make complains and decide not to be friends with Vick and Tiki. Under the guidance of Ms. Olivia, Tiki and Vick recognize what they have done is wrong and apologize to their friends.

Vick saves an apple with a bite out of it in a drawer. When he remembers to get it out a few days later, the apple is rotten and got mould on it. Vick and Bramble want to know what has happened to the apple. With the help of Ms. Olivia, they do different experiments to see in which condition an apple get mouldy. At last they find out that there is a small small world where fungi live.

Tiki loses one of his baby teeth, because of which he feels shameful and acts weird. His friends try to cheer him up even though they don’t get the reason why he’s so depressed. When they find out the reason, they don’t laugh at him but try to console him. They even cover their front teeth with grape skin to pretend that they lose one of the front teeth like Tiki. Now Tiki won’t feel so sad anymore.

Little Briar picks up a beautiful stone near a landslide caused by the rain. The other kids at kindergarten want to pick some stones too. However, Briar doesn’t tell them where he gets it because Coach Mack says it’s dangerous there and warns him not to go anymore. Bramble tricks Briar to tell him the place of the landslide, and sets out with some other kids to pick stones after class. The kids encounter danger at the landslide site, and Coach Mack rescues them in time. The kids then learn that safety comes first.

In today’s class, Ms. Olivia asks a question – what is your dream job? She lets the kids think it over after class and prepare a speech. Among the cubs, Ernie Jo is the only one who doesn’t know what he wants to do most when he grows up. He goes to check what his friends’ dream jobs are and see if he can do any of them. However, it turns out none of his friends’ dream jobs is suitable for him, and he even spoils Violet’s painting. To make Violet happy, Ernie Jo performs many tricks and does find out what he wants to be when he grows up, that is, a performer.

Ms. Olivia asks the kids to prepare a dish, and little Briar offers to make a salad with the other kids. However, just when the other kids are busy collecting fruit and preparing the salad, Tiki doesn’t offer to help. When the salad is finished, Tiki wants to have a taste, but he is turned down by the other kids. Ms. Olivia learns the whole matter and tells Tiki that he could harvest only if he contributes in growing. Tiki realizes his mistake and offers to dish out the salad. The other kids are willing to share the salad with Tiki this time.

Bramble has an appointment with Babu to pick fruit, but he’s late. Then Bramble promises to attend a story club with Warren, but he’s late again. They start to lose trust on him. When he invites his friends to his magic show, Babu and Warren refuse to come. Bramble has to make a promise, which he breaks again. Then no one trusts him anymore. Briar explains to his bro why they feel disappointed. Bramble gets it and swears never to be late again.

Tiki and Briar plan to make a scarecrow to fend off the pigeons coveting the corns. However, they bicker over the appearance of the scarecrow and the plan is sabotaged. Then Ms. Olivia asks the kids to pick some blueberries. Briar and Tiki quarrel again over the share of jam. Their relationship thus becomes strained. Vick suggests the kids in the kindergarten to play the “ind your feet” game. Tiki and Briar have no choice but to team up. They play in unison and win the game. The two finally make up.

Vick has a bad habit. He leaves his things everywhere. When he needs them, it’s hard to find them. Even worse, Violet steps on the pen he throws around and falls over. To get rid of this bad habit, he follows Tiki’s advice that he can tie everything around his waist. This way, he’ll never lose his things, but the things bump into each other, making quite a noise. Vick asks his friends to pluck his red flowers as punishment if he leaves things about. However, neither of the two methods works. At last, Violet teaches him to sort out his things, and write down the places where he puts them on the notebook.

Little Briar and Bramble discover that the leaves of a tree have turned yellow. They don’t want the tree to be gone, so they try various means to save the tree with the help of the other kids. They try watering the tree, catching the pests, and picking up other leaves to make a thick cover and keep it warm, but nothing seems to work. One night, Bramble dreams of the tree turning into a golden seed, and Mama Bear tells him that’s the way the tree says goodbye. Bramble finally understands that the tree will never be gone because it will always stay in his heart.

In art class, Ms. Olivia asks the cubs to draw a picture and tell the story behind it. Tiki copies Babu’s wonder drawing and gives his own to Babu on which he only draws a bare palm. But Tiki can’t tell a good story behind the picture, while Babu makes a better drawing based on the one Tiki draws, and tells a beautiful story. Out of jealousy, Tiki tries to take the picture back, but Bramble reveals the truth that it’s Tiki who copies Babu’s idea. Ms. Olivia encourages Tiki to draw his happy memory into his picture, and advises him to ask Babu for suggestions. At last, Tiki makes his own drawing and tells a lovely story behind it.

Mama Bear goes out to find food. The bear brothers want to play marbles with Vick, but can’t find them even after turning the house upside down. They decide to clean first. Vick tells them about the “house fairy” who helps clean. Together, they search and, with Luna-Loo’s help, find a snail shell where the fairy is said to live. They bring it home and wait outside, but the house is still messy. As sunset nears, Vick and the bears clean it themselves. Mama Bear is delighted and calls them the “house fairies.”

Tiki and Babu are best friends. They spend every day with each other. But today Babu doesn’t show up. He will move with his family and goes to another school. Tiki doesn’t believe the news because he wants to hear it from Babu. He feels depressed and bursts into tears when his banana is peeled accidentally by Vick. That banana is a gift for Babu. Ms. Olivia tries to comfort him, and tells him that they can write to each other and keep in touch. Tiki pulls himself together and says goodbye to his best friend – Babu.

Today is Mama bear’s birthday. Briar and Bramble make a clay figure with their own hands. But when they see the gift Violet prepares for her mom, they think their gift is so lame, and decide that their mom deserves a better one. They start to search for a new gift. Finally, they find a glowing ice crystal and wrap it for their mom. But when they show their mom the gift, the ice has gone nowhere, making them sad. Mama bear asks them to give her the clay figure instead, and tells them that she loves the gift they make by themselves more.