October 23, 2011

Dear Ms. England’s class,

Brrrrr! Tidy Teddy is sure glad to be back in Nashville, where it is warm!  Tidy Teddy just got back from a trip to the bottom of the world’s tallest mountain – Mount Everest!  Mount Everest is in a country called Nepal, which is all the way on the other side of the world, right in between India and China. It took Tidy Teddy 18 hours on an airplane to get there! But Tidy Teddy was glad that he went there, so he could see so many cool new things like these animals called Yaks that are like cows that live high up in the mountains. They have really long fur to keep them warm and long horns, which scared Tidy Teddy a little bit, even though he is a bear.  Instead of using wood logs to burn in a fire to keep them warm in the winter, the people that live in the mountains burn Yak poo to keep them warm.  YUCK!  You can see them drying it out here.

On the way back down, Tidy Teddy also lived through an earthquake! He was so scared – the ground started shaking, and everyone ran outside! Some of the roofs of the buildings started to fall down, but luckily, no one was hurt (including Tidy Teddy).  Tidy Teddy has had enough adventure for now – he is glad to be back with Ms. England’s class in Nashville, where there aren’t any mountains!

Namaste (that means “good day” in Nepal)!
Kristin (Ms. England’s friend)