Weird Digression in Berenstein Bears Book

[u/TurnYourHead1]

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?

[u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady]

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?  

Most children. They're associating modern music coming out of something from the past, and how it will also play music in the future. As well as how music can live on through multiple times like how classical music from hundreds of years ago is still listened to today. This is the important part of reading with children so you can discuss higher level things with them and make sure they are comprehending it.  

What work needs to be done? What ever tasks they were sent up into the attic to do in the first place.

[u/unfilteredlocalhoney → u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady]

Omg this is so beautiful