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Just when our heros are getting bogged down in mud, they are rescued by the Cocklebur Cowboys who help them get cleaned up. The cowboys tell their story in song. Rather than going all the way back to Queen Melissa for help with their Silver Star, the Cowboys offer some of their own advice. A new instruction is given, to find the Singing tree. The Cowboys can’t keep helping, since they have to round up glow worms,
Note: The radio show proved to be so popular that it is said to be broadcast by a station somewhere in the world every year during the holidays, even today. Many malls had a Cinnamon Bear that children would tell what they wanted for gifts instead of a Santa, and he would show up in Christmas parades. The Cinnamon Bear remained popular especially in the Northwest, with Portland, Oregon often cited as a “Cinnamon Bear hotspot.”
