Dear Kids,
I have a big problem. I hope you can help me.
One of my friends doesn't smell very good sometimes. I think maybe he hates baths like me, or maybe he forgets to take one sometimes. Maybe his Mom doesn't make him take baths. I used to hate baths, and if I didn't see dirt on me, I would tell my Mom I was already clean.
"Wuzzy", my Mom said, "everybody needs baths. Germs get on our bodies and even though we cannot see them, they can make us smell and feel yukky. " I told her I didn't smell anything on me, and she said sometimes we cannot notice if the bad smell is us, but we do notice if it's somebody else.
She must have been right. My friend smells like he needs a bath. Other bears are saying they don't want to sit near him or play with him. Some of them are saying mean things to him, and making him feel sad . I don't want my friend to feel sad.
Take a bath every day and wash the germs off your hair and teeth too so that you won't smell yukky. My Mom said that sometimes kids forget to change their clothes, and smell yukky because their sweatshirts, pants or underwear isn't clean, so make sure to change those too.
I decided to always make sure I take a bath or shower so I will not smell yukky. I want to tell my friend to do that too, but I don't want to be mean to him. What should I do?
Love Wuzzy
