If It Comes any Closer
We Will Have to Kill It

four spears against a bear

Those who can carry a spear have to protect those who can’t. The adult is motion­less because she is too scared to move; the child is motion­less because that is what she has been taught. You can tell the difference.

It will be better if the bear quietly decides to go about its business.

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The Bear / created September 2010 / last modified July 2011