GoldiSpock and the Three Bears (Part 5)


GoldiSpock and the Three Bears (Part 5)

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Star Trek: The Lost Missions—Episode 1:
GoldiSpock and the Three Bears (PART 5)

Last time on Star Trek: The Lost Missions

After failing to find their way using a toy compass, Spock, Uhura, and Chekhov found a trail of bread crumbs leading off into the forest and decided to follow it. Back on the Enterprise Scotty and Sulu continued to search for the cause of the sensor and communications failures with little success. Meanwhile, Kirk and McCoy set out in search of Spock but became lost. While working out their next course of action they were approached by three figures emerging from the forest.

And now the continuation...

The late afternoon sun glared down on the forest and made it difficult for Kirk and McCoy to see more than just the silhouettes of the three figures coming towards them. But silhouettes were all they needed to realize that the figures were not Spock, Uhura, and Chekhov. Two of them were much bigger than the Enterprise crew members. The third was much smaller.
  As the distance between them lessened, disappointment turned to surprise when the lifting shadows revealed three bears.
  The two groups looked at each other and there was a moment of awkward silence. Then the silence was broken.
  "I'm Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. Please identify yourselves."
  "My name is Papa Bear," said the largest of the three newcomers in a husky voice. "And this is my wife, Mama Bear, and our son, Baby Bear."
  "On behalf of the United Federation of Planets," said Kirk, "it is an honor to meet you."
  The three bears nodded.
  "We're sorry to trespass on your planet," he added, "but we thought that this world was uninhabited."
  "At one time it was," said Papa Bear. "But a few years ago a human with an overactive imagination crashed here. Somehow all of his thoughts came to life..."
  Papa Bear paused to think about how best to explain the reason for his existence.
  "... and he had some strange fixation on ancient Earth fairy tales and children's stories."
  McCoy looked up at the sky and shook his head in disbelief. "Angels and ministers of grace defend us," he

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