i saw a bear for the first time. i've seen bears in zoos but i'd never seen a wild bear, a real bear. we were driving and at first i wasn't sure what i was looking at. it was on the opposite side of the road up ahead of us just at the edge of the brush. it's funny the way the mind works when it has something new and unexpected to process---it went something like this:
not brush...furry...animal...bear-shaped...bear-shaped animal...bear?...a bear?...oh wow, a bear!
as we drove nearer the bear turned and disappeared into the brush. it was such a brief experience it seemed more like a daydream---just some flash of images constructed by my mind. like seeing something ancient and mythical. maybe that's what a bear is in a way---some fading remnant of the past that, by the time i reach the end of my days, will only exist in myths and daydreams.
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