It's Only Natural

"It's Only Natural" is a comic released by Nickelodeon Magazine.

Overview
''Sokka gets frustrated when he discovers Bosco, Kuei's bear, in his tent one night, which forces the three to cram into it. He decides to teach Bosco how to live in the wild.''

Synopsis
Shortly after the fall of Ba Sing Se, Team Avatar is situated at the Southern Water Tribe warriors' camp at Chameleon Bay. Sokka is chatting with Toph when he decides to head off to sleep. There, he discovers Bosco in his tent, to his dismay. The exiled Earth King Kuei, when demanded an explanation, says that the bear is not used to sleeping without a roof over his head. As a result, to Sokka's ire, he has to share the tent with Kuei and Bosco.

The next morning, Sokka sees Kuei reading Bosco an encyclopedia for information on how to live in the wild. He takes the encyclopedia and tears it up, and decides he will teach Bosco how to live like a real bear.

The first lesson is trying to catch food. Sokka leads the king and his bear to a beehive. Kuei questions how they will reach the beehive, located at the top of the tree, to which Sokka responds that Bosco's claws are "nature's ladder". Sokka tries to get Bosco to climb the tree by lifting him up, but he is unable to do so. Kuei wonders if there is another way to catch food.

Sokka then leads them to a lake to try fishing. Bosco attempts to use a fishing line, but Sokka stops this by saying a bear uses its hands. He leaps in to try and grab a fish as a demonstration, but struggles to capture it and falls in the water, emerging disgustedly with seaweed all over him.

Next, Sokka tries to explain the importance of shelter. He leads Kuei and Bosco to a cave, explaining that shelter is a necessity. However, when he walks in, Sokka is chased away by boar-q-pines, to which Kuei responds to make sure the cave is unoccupied first.

The third lesson is territory. Sokka explains that one needs to sound ferocious to defend one's territory, and asks Bosco for his best show of roaring. Kuei explains that Bosco does not roar, but is a lovely whistler. Bosco whistles, to Sokka's disgust.



The final thing Sokka tries to explain is self-defense. He pretends that he is a wild hog monkey who wants to steal Bosco's food, trying to get the bear to defend. Sokka punches Bosco, who goes down easily. Sokka's frustration reaches a high point, saying he will never make it in the wild.

As the sun sets and the three return to camp, Sokka calls the day a waste of time; however, Kuei remarks that he learned something. He realizes that there is a lot in the world he does not know about himself, like Bosco does not know how to be a good bear. Kuei decides he will experience the world as a humble man, as he and Bosco tear off their royal clothing, Kuei revealing causal clothes underneath, and then the two ride away. Sokka just watches the two escape with a look of shock. He then proceeds to put on Kuei's crown and asks Toph if "King Sokka" sounds good, to which Toph replies that she is not calling him that.