RE: [Paddlewise] Guns and Polar Bears

LOL!  FANTASTIC, Bob!  What a GREAT "first read" on a Friday morning!

Rick

>  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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