In this short scene, the young narrator tells his bear that he is meeting his father one-on-one, and that he wants to tell him about it. The bear, however, is not interested in the story. Instead, he is interested in a "slippery smooch" and a "swelling pant" . The young narrator asks the bear to give him a "gentlemanly" massage, but the bear does not want to be touched. He tells the young man that he has bought him some "sandy lube" and that if he puts it on, he will get "turned on"