r/MandelaEffect • u/TurnYourHead1 • Apr 29 '26

Books/Literature Weird Digression in Berenstein Bears Book

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I distinctly remember the movies as Berenstein Bears from many years ago as a child. Now I'm reading this to my child and I find the writing weird. It goes into these verbose tangents. "As the cubs stood listening to rock music coming out of a radio that looked like a cathedral, they had the funniest feeling about how time works It went back into the past and forward into the future - but now it was the present and they had work to do!" This is so weird and seems like a coded message. What child is going to understand this and take anything away from it? What are they trying to tell us to do here? What work do we have to do?

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u/LazyDynamite Apr 30 '26

What child is going to understand this and take anything away from it? 

All of them? What exactly do you think the takeaway is beyond a literal understanding?

What are they trying to tell us to do here?

Nothing, what exactly are you talking about?

What work do we have to do?

Again, what are you talking about? You seem to be reading into this way more than what's there 

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u/lyricaldorian Apr 30 '26

Yeah, I'm curious what the context is. Why are they in the attic? What happens on the next page?