On June 19, 2024
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A bear encounter

“Girls, come over here!” I heard my neighbor say. “There’s a bear!” 

When we bolted to his house I felt super excited. I hadn’t seen a bear near our house in a long time. We arrived just as the bear went into the woods, but then there was another, much bigger bear. 

“That must be mama,” he suggested. “Good thing she’s across the pond!” 

One of the bears looked back in our direction, and that’s when I remembered we were going to camp outside tonight. 

“We better not have any food in our tent tonight!” one of my friends said, humorously.

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