Why Did White Bear Leave - Part 2 - Choose a New Color

Jul 17, 2026

A white bear becomes overwhelmed by the way white makes his life feel empty and unwanted. After hearing and seeing how other forest animals stare and dislike his white fur, he decides to leave and search for a more colorful place. He discovers the beauty of green and then the joy of yellow flowers, but realizes his yellow disguise is still noticed. The story follows his frustration, experiments with color, and the need to find a tone that lets him feel accepted and at home.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages23

Reading Time35 min

Why did white bear leave?

White feels unwelcome

Searching for a colorful place

Trying green and yellow disguises

Why did white bear leave ? Author: ElSayed Ibrahim Illustrator: Husam AlTohami English Why did white bear leave ? Written by El-Sayyed Ibraheem. Images by Hussam Al-Tohamy. © Asafeer Education Technologies FZ LLC, 2018. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. English United States Copyright © Asafeer Education Technologies FZ LLC, 2018 [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)[ ](You may not use this work for commercial purposes. You may)adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc. The original work of this book was made possible through the generous support of the All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) Partners (the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Vision, and the Australian Government) . It was prepared by Asafeer Education Technologies FZ LLC and does not necessarily reflect the views of the ACR GCD Partners. Any adaptation or translation of this work should not be considered an official ACR GCD translation and ACR GCD shall not be liable for any content or error in this translation. Ice falls on my head Ice slaps me on the face Ice covers everything around Will all my life turn into white? The fox is white, the owl is white and they both chase a white hare.White , White, White I am fed up with white. I’m leaving. I’ll go and find a colorful place. Oh! a green forest! How beautiful is the color green! Why are the animals staring at the color of my fur in such a strange way? I think they don’t like it. Well, I don’t like my white fur too. I know what to do. I’ll change my color. Oh! How lovely these yellow Tecoma stans are! Yellow is such a lovely color. I really love yellow. Yellow bear, yellow bear As yellow as Turmeric, curry and saffron Yellow bear, yellow bear You look so strange. And to your surprise. You’re so obvious in your yellow disguise. All the forest animals know it’s me. I’ll have to look for another color.

FAQs

Why does the white bear leave?

He feels fed up with being white and believes his white fur makes the forest animals stare in a strange way.

What does the bear do after deciding to leave?

He searches for a colorful place, first noticing the green forest and later becoming drawn to yellow colors.

Why doesn’t the bear’s yellow color disguise work?

Even when he changes to yellow, the animals recognize him and he still looks obvious in his disguise.

Jul 17, 2026

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