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Synopsis
Lizzy tells Sister about a slumber party she's throwing and she invites a few cubs over. Word about the party gets around fast, and on the night Lizzy has her party, Mr. and Mrs. Bruin head out for the night. As the party gets out of control and the cubs get louder, the police is called and the party comes to an end.
Mama grounds Sister for ignoring her rules. Papa reminds her that responsibility not only applies to cubs, but to adults as well.
Summary:
In the beginning the story explains how you never know who's calling you on the telephone until you answer it. When the phone rings for Mama it's usually Grizzly Gran wanting to get together with the Bear Family for a visit, when it's for Papa it's usually a customer wanting to buy a chair or table, when it's for Brother it's usually Cousin Fred asking about homework, and when it's for Sister it's usually her best friend Lizzie Bruin calling her to do something fun such as going through her attic or using Farmer Ben's chicken coop for a clubhouse.
One day Lizzie calls Sister telling her that she's having a slumber party at her house with just the two of them. Anna, Millie, and Queenie McBear and for Sister to bring her music tape player because Anna and Millie are bringing tapes and Queenie is going to teach them the latest step dance. Sister asks Mama if she can go and Mama say okay but tells Sister that while she's at somebody else's house that she should remember two important things privilege and responsibility to which Sister says she will remember those things. Unknown to Mama or Sister, Anna, Millie, and Queenie call all their friends and tell them about the party to which they all call Lizzie and ask to come to the party to which Lizzie says yes and asks them to bring popcorn and soda because they don't wanna run out. Queenie also tells Too-Tall Grizzly and his gang about the party and they decide to show up to the party. Soon Sister leaves for the party but Mama and Papa still remained her about privilege and responsibility to which she tells them that she won't forget. But on the way to Lizzy's she begins to think about all the fun things that are going to happen at the party and forgets about privilege and responsibility. Mama and Papa believe that Sister will behave good at the party and that Mr. and Mrs. Bruin will have everything taken care of. But unknown to them the Bruins have gone out for the evening and left Lizzy with a babysitter. At the party the cubs act really wild and start spraying popcorn and soda everywhere with Sister in the middle of it. Lizzy's sitter tries to keep the noise down with no luck and one of the neighbors, Vinney calls the police to complain about the noise. Chief Bruno sends Officer Margurette to the house to investigate and she arrives there just as Lizzy's parents arrive home. Lizzy's parents see the living room destroyed and they have no choice but to end the sleepover and call the parents on everyone. In the end the sleepover was cancelled, parents were called (on Sister and the other girls, Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz), Lizzy was sent to bed, and an angry and disappointed Mama Bear came to take Sister home. Mama grounds Sister with one day in her room and one full week in the house. Mama tells Papa what happened to the Bruins's living room and it becomes as if Papa had seen it. There was popcorn stuck to everything, soda all over the carpet, furniture knocked this way and that, and it was an absolute disgrace. Mama then says, "And after all that I said about privilege and responsibility!". At home Papa tells Mama that Sister does have to share the blame. But he reminds her that they should have called Lizzy's parents and if they found out they were going out, everything would have been rearranged another way. The next day Mama has second thoughts and cancelled Sister's grounding and she takes her to Lizzy's house to help clean up which Anna, Millie, and Queenie show up too and help clean up the mess. Lizzy suggests that they make it a clean up party but Sister says no and tells her that she would rather not hear the word party again for a long time.
Cast
- Papa Q. Bear
- Mama Bear
- Brother Bear
- Sister Bear
- Fred Bear
- Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bruin
- Annette "Anna" O'Bear
- Millie McBear
- Queenie McBear
- Too-Tall Grizzly
- Skuzz
- Vinney
- Smirk
- Mr. Bruin
- Mrs. Bruin
- Chief Bruno
- Officer Margurette
Differences from the Cartoon:
- In the book, Sister was wearing her pajamas at Lizzy's slumber party. In the cartoon, she was wearing her everyday clothing.
- In the book, Lizzy's party started off quiet and soon got out of control, with Lizzy's babysitter trying to keep things calm, but couldn't do so. In addition, the Bruins' nearby neighbors call the police, and Officer Marguerite, one of the police officers, goes to halt the party just as Mr. and Mrs. Bruin get home. Following the party, Lizzy got sent to bed early while all the girls got sent home. In the cartoon, when Cindy, Lizzy's babysitter, yelled "QUIET!!!", everything calmed down just as Mr. and Mrs. Bruin enter the living room to find it a complete mess. As a result, all of the girls at the party were sent home. It is unknown what happened to Lizzy.