Spring Is In The Air

"It's lovely and warm sitting next to the French windows while the sun is shining in" Bubbles said, contentedly. "Maybe we could go out into the garden and see if any flowers have woken up yet now the weather is so nice?"

"Well, it's not officially Spring yet" Scary answered with a smile. "That won't be until about the middle of March at the time of something called the 'Vernal Equinox' - that's the first day in the year when the day and night are of equal length.

But maybe some things have decided to start growing early. Shall we go outside and see if we can find any?" he asked all the other teddy bears.

"Oooh! Yes please!" they all shouted at once. Then there was a scramble for the door and they all ran out into the garden, even Bubbles!

But, as soon as they were outside, they noticed that, although the sun was shining brilliantly, it was actually very, very cold in the open air! "Brrrr!" they all complained. "Surely nothing will be growing outside in this!"