He was trapped amongst all the other unwanted things, and couldn't move.
Then, one dayÂ…a very cold day, something fell from the skyÂ…
Â…a little snowflake
It landed on the teddy bear's little nose and then was followed by many more. He began to get cold, very cold indeed. More and more snow fell, heavier and heavier. The little bear was now so cold that his nose started turning blueÂ…so cold that his brown fur started turning grey.
He was cold, unloved and all alone in the world, and felt very, very sad.
Winter finally passed and the weather got warmer.
One beautiful spring day, a little girl was playing near the old house, when she spotted the grey bear in the pile of unwanted things. He was like no other bear she had ever seen and she pulled him out from where he was trapped.
She dusted him down and lifted him high in the sky to look at him.
"A grey teddy bearÂ…with a blue nose?" she thought. "How strange!"