  We explore a curious but simple variant of the Bronnikov-Ellis (BE) wormhole
spacetime with a specific `red-shift function' (i.e. $g_{00}$) in the line
element. The matter required to support such a geometry violates the local Null
Energy Condition (NEC) only around the throat and the global Averaged Null
Energy Condition (ANEC) integral along radial null geodesics may be adjusted to
arbitrarily small negative values, using metric parameters. Properties of the
line element manifest in the metric functions, curvature and the required
matter stress energy are delineated. Further, exact null and timelike geodesics
are found and generic features of periodic/non-periodic motion (closed, bounded
or open) are presented. Scalar wave propagation is also solved analytically,
thereby providing a partial check on the stability of the geometry under scalar
perturbations. Interestingly, we note that this BE variant may be viewed as a
four dimensional, timelike section of a five dimensional, static, non-vacuum,
Witten bubble--like geometry which, with an extra dimension, also has wormhole
features and is threaded by matter satisfying the NEC.
