We were warned not to stray from the path because this was the forest where the bears often picnicked and they preferred a human to stale sandwiches. Blood and organs it was claimed would feed their brain and enhance their health.
They had read that in the Daily Mirror and we all know that newspapers tell the truth. And the picnic hampers were doubtful diets anyway.
You could hear them bellow from their caves waking from their winter siestas. And a bear with a sore head would be difficult to handle even for a party of fit bush walkers.
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Oh, yes! You don’t want to be the picnic! My daughter is up in Svea and she said they can no longer go out on the ice because of the feasting bears.
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Well, they don’t necessarily have people on the bear menu, but the polar bears get more aggressive when they come out onto the ice to eat their typical fare. Because of the people bears have killed in the past, local authorities have strict rules about when and where people can go on the Arctic. Everyone carries rifles and there are bear sentries posted around town. Life with polar bears!
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[…] Picnic in the Forest by Calm Kate […]
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Oh a bear buffet! Don’t want to be part of the human sandwich. Nice 😉
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Love this!
Ha! This made me snort-laugh! 😀
But, then I got scared. I don’t wanna’ be picnic food for a bear family! 😮
When I was very young there was a cartoon about a bear who liked to steal pic-a-nic baskets! Oh, and he was smarter than the av-er-age bear! (Ha! That’s how he pronounced those words!)
HUGS!!! 🙂
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that was yogi bear, I remember him well! Always in trouble with the park rangers for taking off with picnic baskets. Glad I made you laugh 🙂
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wow! Bears are getting ready for a party 😀
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Nice angle, enjoyed the complexity of thought in this. Re the above comment, I bet you couldn’t bear waiting 😉
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Love this Kate! cool! 😀 xx
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