A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson

Author:Bill Bryson [Bryson, Bill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: prose_contemporary

Chapter 12

I’d expected Katz to be insufferable in the morning, but in fact he was surprisingly gracious. He called me for coffee and when I emerged, feeling wretched and cheated of sleep, he said to me: “You OK? You look like shit.”

“Didn’t get enough sleep.”

He nodded. “So you think it really was a bear?”

“Who knows?” I suddenly thought of the food bag-that’s what bears normally go for-and spun my head to see, but it was safely suspended a dozen or so feet from the ground from a branch about twenty yards away. Probably a determined bear could have gotten it down. Actually, my grandmother could have gotten it down. “Maybe not,” I said, disappointed.

“Well, you know what I’ve got in here, just in case?” Katz said and tapped his shirt pocket significantly. “Toenail clippers-because you just never know when danger might arise. I’ve learned my lesson, believe me, buddy.” Then he guffawed.

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