After a morning of rain, the sun slowly started to
peek from behind the clouds, the grey skies that
had been, would make way for another glorious day.
Deep in the forest a family of bears were returning
home to their cave, they were tired and needed sleep, although the young cubs were still in a
playful mood rolling around. Suddenly one of the
cubs was distracted, he had seen a hedgehog and
it seemed more interesting than the game they were
playing.
The young cubs had never seen anything quite like
this prickly creature. As they approached, padding
along, the hedgehog sensing danger curled up into
a ball and stayed very still. One of the cubs decided he would try pushing the hedgehog with his
nose, until he got a nasty prickly shock, he let
out a little squeaky growl, as he backed away, this
brought his mother padding over to see what all the
fuss was about. She saw the hedgehog and nuzzled the bear cubs on with her nose.
The male bear smelt the air, he could smell food, but also sensed danger, he growled at the top of
his voice, for his family to stay where they were.
The mother bear rounded up her cubs and they waited. The male bear moved cautiously towards the
smell, as if by some kind of miracle, the bear
stopped at the edge of Nathen's pit, the bear pulled away the branches with its large paws, he
stared down at Nathen, licking his lips.
To be continued ..........
Comments
Silver Spun Sand | March 31, 2011 - 16:08
Oh...you can't leave me here, Jenny...on the edge of of that pit, not knowing what Nathen's fate will be. Or can you?;-)
Tina
skinner_jennifer | March 31, 2011 - 17:33
Ha, ha! Tina, sorry but I will have to keep you in
suspense on that one.
Take care.
Jenny.
Highhat | March 31, 2011 - 17:41
Well at least the bear didn't fall on top of Nathen. You had me sitting on the edge of my chair there Jenny- am still actually. . . .ooohhh
;)Pia
skinner_jennifer | March 31, 2011 - 17:47
Hi Pia,
you really made me laugh with that comment, I'm still
giggling now. I love it when people make me laugh.
Thanks ever so much, for reading.
Jenny.
pinda | March 31, 2011 - 21:44
I was also praying that the bear didn't fall on top of Nathen and end the story :D
Don't keep us waiting too long to find out what'll happen to poor Nathen.
X
Pinda
skinner_jennifer | April 1, 2011 - 08:17
Hi Pinda, thankyou so much for coming back and letting me know you are still enjoying the story.
I will try and get the next piece on as soon as I
can.
Enjoy your weekend.
Jenny.
oldpesky | April 3, 2011 - 13:15
Hi Jenny. I can't believe you decide to take the weekend off and leave us all hanging. I already have enough trouble sleeping without worrying about Nathen being someone's dinner.
skinner_jennifer | April 4, 2011 - 15:20
Hi oldpesky,
sorry about the delay, I'm so sorry to keep you on
the edge, it's just that I've been away, but I'm
back now, so here goes with the next instalment.
Jenny.
well-wisher | April 12, 2011 - 17:19
A heart warming and cute nature story which suddenly becomes a frightning cliff hanger. This chapter wonderfully demonstrates the two different sides of nature, both its gentle charms and its savage dangers.
skinner_jennifer | April 13, 2011 - 12:09
Hi well-wisher,
just had to get this animal perspective of life from
the bears point of view in. Me being a lover of
animals in general. In my story animals seem to have
a hard life, but I suppose that's the same as real
life really.
I'm glad you found this episode as interesting as
the rest of the story.
Thankyou for reading and commenting.
Jenny.
skinner_jennifer | June 13, 2011 - 15:59
http://www.abctales.com/story/skinner-jennifer/chosen-ones-part-fifteen