Bartholomew the Bear had a BIG problem. It wasn't his fluffy brown fur, and it wasn't his love for honey-slathered sandwiches. No, Bartholomew had a case of the SNEEZES!

These weren't your normal, everyday 'achoos.' Oh no, these were SQUIGGLY GIGGLY sneezes. Each sneeze wiggled his ears, jiggled his toes, and made him giggle until his belly wobbled like jelly!

"Hee hee! Hoo hoo!" Bartholomew giggled as a sneeze tickled his nose. He sneezed again, sending a flock of startled butterflies fluttering into the sky. "This is so silly!" he chuckled.

He went to Dr. Hoot, the wise old owl. Dr. Hoot peered at Bartholomew through his spectacles. "Hmmm, very peculiar," he hooted, stroking his feathery chin. "You, my friend, have a case of the Giggle-Sneezes!"

"Is it... contagious?" Bartholomew whimpered, imagining everyone giggling and sneezing. Dr. Hoot chuckled, "Only to those who've eaten too many giggle berries!" Bartholomew's eyes widened.

He HAD eaten a whole bush of giggle berries! They looked so juicy and red, he couldn't resist. "Don't worry," Dr. Hoot hooted, handing him a jar of honey-sweetened cough drops. "These should do the trick!"

Bartholomew popped a cough drop in his mouth. It tasted like sunshine and rainbows! He felt a sneeze coming on... but this time, it was just a normal, "Ah-choo!" No wiggles, no jiggles, just a happy sigh of relief.

From that day on, Bartholomew the Bear still enjoyed a giggle or two, but he learned his lesson about giggle berries. And whenever he saw Dr. Hoot, he'd wink and let out a little, "Hee hee!" - just a tiny reminder of his squiggly, giggly adventure.