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a aThe Berenstain Bears and the Green-Eyed Monster Electronic book published by ipicturebooks.com 24 W. 25th St. New York, NY10010 aFor more ebooks, visit us at: http://www.ipicturebooks.com aAll rights reserved. aCopyright (c) 1995 by Stan and Jan Berenstain Originally published by Random House in 1995a a a No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by aany means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, aor by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. e-ISBN: 1-59019-223-0 Ebook conversion by wTree.comIt was a happy time in the big tree house down a sunny dirt road in Bear Country - a happy birthday time.It was Brother Bear's birthday, and he was getting some very fine presents. Brother wasn't exactly having a party, but Cousin Fred, Lizzy Bruin, and Babs Bruno were there. And Gramps and Gran, of course. "Wow!" said Brother when he opened his present from Gramps. It was an aluminum bat. a "Thanks, Gramps. I'll hit twenty home runs with this!"aGran's present was a great-looking warm-up jacket. Brother tried it on and looked in the mirror. a "Thank you, Gran. It's really neat," he said.aHis other presents were a afielder's glove from Cousin Fred, a sports video from Lizzy Bruin, and a mystery book from Babs Bruno. Sister's very thoughtful gift was a package of balsa wood, the aspecial wood brother used for making model airplanes."Thank you! Thank you! Thank you all!" he said."You're welcome and happy birthday!" said thegift givers.Sister's gift was thoughtful. But she was being thoughtful in another way, too. It isn't always easy when your brothergets a lot of presents and you don't. Sister understood that she had gotten presents when it was her birthday and would again. Besides, she wasn't that interested in aluminum bats, awarm-up jackets, fielder's gloves, sports videos, or balsa wood, anyway.But all t