This gentle, touching story of the death of a dear friend, Bear, introduces children to the complex and often confusing feelings of grief, and the ways that Bear's friends honor his memory as they learn how to cope with the loss.

"Bear died on a Friday, while sunlight speckled the grass and caterpillars nibbled leaves in the forest." Beaver and Mole, two of Bear's friends, return some of bear's belongings to his tree house, not quite understanding why their friend is no longer with them. The two cry together, sit quietly together, and feel angry together over the loss of their friend—but they gradually realize that Bear wouldn't want them to be unhappy, so they decide to finish something that Bear had started.

这个温柔感人的故事讲述了一个好朋友小熊的死亡，向孩子们介绍了复杂的、经常令人困惑的悲伤情绪，以及小熊的朋友们在学习如何应对失去的过程中纪念他的方式。

“小熊在一个星期五去世了，当时阳光洒在草地上，毛毛虫在森林里啃着树叶。”海狸和鼹鼠是小熊的两个朋友，他们把小熊的一些物品送回了小熊的树屋，不大明白为什么他们的朋友离开了他们。两个人一起哭，一起安静地坐着，一起为失去朋友而感到愤怒——但他们逐渐意识到，小熊不会希望他们不开心，所以他们决定完成小熊已经开始的事情。