That's exactly what I came to warn you about," said Bratinella, "and now I hope you'll hang on to your fuzzies."
Can you figure out what Bratinella's plan was? Do you think it was going to work?
Well, Henrietta stopped giving away warm fuzzies when her friends asked her for one. People noticed her selfish behavior and stopped giving theirs away too, for fear they might run out. Pretty soon, there were no warm fuzzies circulating around, and people started locking them up so they wouldn't be stolen.
Now people began to get uncomfortable feelings that they had never had before. They didn't know what to do with those feelings. When they got lonely, they stopped going to friends to get cheered up. When they got mad, they pouted and stayed mad instead of trying to talk it out. When they got sad, they even sometimes took a pill, thinking it would solve their problems.
Do you think that their taking a pill could solve their problems?
People stopped being generous with each other. And to try to get happy again, they started wanting to own all kinds of things, like lots of clothes or huge cars, or they watched a lot of television. They stopped talking to each other.
When people did talk to each other, they gave each other such uncomfortable feelings that it felt like the opposite of getting a warm fuzzy. And the opposite of a warm fuzzy is . . . a cold prickly!
Have you ever gotten a cold prickly? Something that someone said to you or did to you that left you feeling really put down?
Since the fuzzies weren't being shared, what do you think the Land of the Fuzzies should be renames? Do you think Bratinella's plan worked?
One day, a family moved into this sad land and they were very kind. They just happened to bring some warm fuzzies with them and were quite willing to share them with everyone. Pretty soon the good feelings that they created began to spread, and more and more people began sharing their warm fuzzies again. Like a flower beginning to bloom, the people begain to renew their ability to make each other happy.
How do you think the people in this land are going to choose to be? What do you think a warm fuzzy really is?