Hungry Bear Tales (2021)

The first adventure reveals how Ned and Mishka met and what made them start living together in a cosy forest house that was left empty by uncle Kamil when he moved to Alaska.

The bears decide to grow a sweetie tree, and then they’ll run out of sweeties again. Unfortunately their seedlings are getting destroyed by a nasty Sugarmonster, so Ned and Mishka have to find a way to protect them from the monster.

Ned heard that a snack tastes better on a trip. So the bears decide to put it to the test. They pack some sandwiches and set off on an outing. But how long do you have to travel before it’s okay to eat your snack?

Two bears head to gather blueberries for breakfast – but first they have to deal with hiccups.

Uncle Kamil sends a postcard to the bears to tell them he’s having a great time in Alaska. As soon as he sees a tourist he just has to make some noise and they drop their rucksacks full of goodies and run away. Then he can eat everything they left behind. Ned and Mishka decide to try it out as well, but their experience turns out to be a little bit different.

The bears decide they want to try truffles, everybody knows they taste wonderful and that wild boars can find their scent in the forest. But the bears are convinced that they can easily find these goodies in the forest by themselves, without anybody’s help.

Ned and Mishka organize an international gathering of bears and decide to make their famous goulash. However they can’t sleep because they’re worried that some of the bears won’t like it. So they decide not to take any chances.

The bears treat themselves to a special lunch after which they’re not able to climb a tree to get honey. They have no choice, they need to lose weight. They don’t feel like doing sports, so they decide to use a very special method for bears to reduce their bellies.

The dirty dishes have really piled up at the bears’ house and neither one of them feels like washing up. So they decide to call a racoon to help them, he claims to be a washing-up specialist. But they slowly realize it’s not so simple to do the washing up in a flash.

Mishka feels like eating sweet pancakes with strawberries, while Ned imagines a hearty meal of scrambled egg and mushrooms. It’s the first time they both want different things. How can they solve the problem and both feel satisfied?

The bears find out that people love pandas because of their looks. And that’s why they get lots of attention and lots of goodies. Mishka and Ned would love some attention and goodies. Maybe they can think of something

There’s a hole in the roof of the bears’ house, but it’s the last thing they want to fix right now. Ned is trying to convince Mishka that everything can be postponed till later and that to make something yummy for lunch is much more important than to fix the roof. But the rain is getting stronger and a storm is about to start.

The bears never get to celebrate Christmas, because they hibernate at that time of the year. According to Ned Christmas is a holiday with lots of great food and that’s why Mishka would love to try it, at least once. Will they discover the real magic of Christmas?

The bears decide to paint a picture of their favourite thing, so of course food comes to mind. But it’s very hard to concentrate on painting when everything around them looks and smells so nice.

Ned and Mishka decide to search for a treasure, which of course would have to be a big pile of goodies. But where can they find a treasure like that? Ned is sure they should search in strange looking places.

A parcel from France arrives to the bears’ house. It’s supposed to be a yummy delicacy, but the smell is not exactly tempting. Ned and Mishka need to find a safe place to store the delicacy. The forest animals are not at all impressed. Except for one.

It’s Mishka’s birthday, Ned always bakes his favourite cake. But there’s no activity in the kitchen and no sign of a cake either. Is it possible that Ned has totally forgotten about his best friend’s big day?

The summer meadow is full of colourful butterflies and Mishka wants to bring one home to play with. Ned thinks that the butterfly is going to feel better in the meadow, but Mishka already took a liking to it and doesn’t want to part company with it.

An uninvited guest finds shelter in the bears’ cellar. He asks them to let him stay the night. He’s very different to them and the bears are quite suspicious of him. In the end their guest really surprises them, but in a very different way than they expected.

The bears have fleas! That’s not so unusual, but to get rid of them is never easy. When you’re hungry and your whole body is itching it’s hard to cook dinner.

The bears have a craving for their favourite potato cakes and they set off to a nearby field to dig some spuds. It’s not as easy as they thought, suddenly they notice a full bag of potatoes just sitting there in the field. Has someone just left it there?

The forest spring has dried up and the bears’ cucumber patch is at risk. They find out that a huge annoying toad has been sitting in the spring stopping the water flowing. She doesn’t want to move. What are they going to do?

It’s autumn and the plums are getting ripe. The bears set off to a nearby orchard and pick every single plum, because they’ve got so many recipes they can make with them. Can the bears possibly eat them all?

The bears get excited about baking a cake before they go to bed, so they can eat it for breakfast. But there’s no sign of it in the morning. An investigation is launched. The clues suggest that one of them must have eaten it, which both of them strongly deny.

Ned and Mishka are enjoying their lunch. Suddenly they hear a very unpleasant noise from outside. So strange it stops them from eating. It came from a deer trying to impress a doe, but he’s not very good at it. The bears decide to help him, so they can have their lunch in comfort.

The weather forecast is predicting heavy snow which tells us it’s high time to settle down for winter sleep. But with all this talk of snow the bears imagine what it would be like to see the fluffy stuff that looks like meringue cake and anyway there’s lots of other goodies that look like snow. They decide to stay awake to see it.