Re: [Paddlewise] Guns and Polar Bears

 Alright, Bob. Don't be bashful. Go on and finish the "real" story for
> us! We're waiting! :-)

>
> "I was 100 miles from the nearest civilization, paddling waters that had
> not been disturbed since the Tlingit last inhabited the land. When I
> rounded a point, a group of Polar bears were directly in my path, and as
> I slowed the kayak, the biggest of them was clearly disturbed by my
> intrusion, and spoke to me saying "What white man is this, that dares to
> enter our land!" Knowing that my answer could mean the difference
> between life or death, I called upon the Ravens, who had been guiding my
> path, and asked of them, "Oh mighty and all knowing Ravens, how shall I
> answer the Bear, who seeks to do me harm?"

"Roll" said the Raven who danced on the wind above. "Give yourself unto the
sea
and cry for her mercy" So I rolled beneath the waves and  cried out into the
murky
depths. Silence surrounded me and the cold waters of the sea gripped my
heart.
Then when all hope seemed lost  behold up from the depths rose a mighty
Orca. I
grabbed for the tip of his tall dorsa fin as he swam under me. I righted
myself with a
dorsal fin assisted roll and hung on for dear life. Other Orcas arose from
the depths
and joined their father upon the waves. Like a mighty tsunami  the Orcas and
I
surged toward the bears. The bears bowed  to the great wolves of the sea and
parted
to let us pass. Onward we journeyed over the horizon to the land of Oz.
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