MisteRogers' Neighborhood1968

Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones:
[Daniel is having trouble being the ring bearer for the upcoming wedding; Betty is helping] There, is that better?

Daniel Striped Tiger:
Well, the ring part is better.

Lady Aberlin:
What other part is there?

Daniel Striped Tiger:
The bear part. I just don't think I want to wear the costume.

Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones:
But you haven't even seen the costume, Daniel.

Daniel Striped Tiger:
I know, but I want to look like a tiger.

Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones:
Well of course you do, Hon, you'll always look like a tiger.

Daniel Striped Tiger:
Not in a bear costume.

Lady Aberlin:
A bear costume?

Daniel Striped Tiger:
Don't I have to wear a bear costume to be a ring bear?

Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones:
Oh gracious sakes no. You're thinking of a bear like an animal bear, aren't you?

Daniel Striped Tiger:
Sure. And I'm a tiger and I don't want to be a bear.

Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones:
But that's not what a ring bearer is, Hon. You tell him, bride's maid.

Lady Aberlin:
Bear-ER means somebody who carries something, Daniel. So a ring bearer is somebody who carries a ring. A boy can be a ring bearer and a girl can be a ring bearer and a tiger can be a ring bearer.

Daniel Striped Tiger:
Oh. I don't have to look like a bear?

Betty Okonak Templeton-Jones:
Oh no, Daniel. You'll look like yourself. Only you'll wear a little suit.

Lady Aberlin:
Just right for a tiger.

Daniel Striped Tiger:
Oh I feel so much better. Thank you for explaining that to me.