Episode 301: Friends at Play

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[[Ojo]] is excited about a visit from her friend, [[Christine]]. The two quickly get involved in one of Ojo's imaginative games --- a pillow castle. [[Tutter]] arrives and asks if they'd like to play checkers, but Ojo tells him she's in the middle of her game with her "best friend," Christine. Tutter is hurt by the use of the term "best friend." He creates his own friend to play with, "Mr. Cheese," but [[Bear]] helps to mend his friendship with Ojo. He also finds [[Pip and Pop]] at odds with [[Treelo]] out at the [[Otter Pond]]. He keeps pretending to be a monster during their Deep-Sea Divers game and they don't like it at all. Bear, however, introduces them to a game called The Treasure of Kalamazoo Bay. In the Shadow segment, [[Shadow]] retells the story of "[[Mary Had a Little Lamb]]." The lamb in this version drives a car, skies and scuba dives in its efforts to follow Mary everywhere she goes.

==Songs==
*[[Where Would You Be Without Your Friends]]

==Notes==
*This is at least the second time that Bear has suggested a game to the kids that he once played when he was a cub. In "[[Episode 106: Share, Bear|Share, Bear]]," Bear tells Ojo and Treelo about a game called "Snow Bear in the Woods" when Ojo doesn't want to share Snow Bear with Treelo.
*It was adapted as ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' book #7, ''[[Best Friends (Big Blue House)|Best Friends]]''.

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