Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear Scare by Carol Wallace

Author:Carol Wallace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

I couldn’t believe it. People only have two legs. Moose have four. But even with four legs, I could never move that fast.

Cautiously I stepped away from the trees. Maybe if I could see up the hill, I could get a better look at the skiers and . . .

Whoosh!

Something zoomed right in front of me.

Swisssh!

Another something zipped right behind my heels. Whatever it was, it went so fast I didn’t have time to see anything but a blur. I yanked my neck around to see what and where it went. Two skiers left strange tracks behind them as they sped down the hill. One turned to look back at me.

“Did you see the moose?” he screamed.

When the other one turned to look back, they crashed into each other. All at once there was a big explosion of snow. Then I could see pieces of wood and legs and arms and everything. It was a big ball all tangled up and rolling around in the snow in one big floppy, churning pile, and . . .

“Bub! Get over here right now!” Mother snorted. “You’re going to get run over if you stay out there on the slope. Let’s go back to our valley.”

Mother didn’t have to tell me twice. The people noises—their laughter and giggles and yells—made the skiing stuff sound like fun. Even so, it was weird. I was ready to go.

The sun was already hiding behind the mountain when we finally got back to our valley. Mother sniffed and snorted as we neared the pile of brush where we slept. She held her big head high and looked all around.

There, near the edge of the trees, were two big piles of hay. Mother and I stood perfectly still, for a long, long, long-long time. Finally certain that there were no people around, we moved to the soft green hay and sniffed. It smelled so delicious. My lips quivered as I reached for a bite.

Mother stood watch while I ate. When I finished, I stood watch while she filled up on the luscious, wonderful green hay.

That night, for the first time since the heavy snows started, I didn’t hear my tummy growl when I fell asleep.

• • •

When I awoke the next morning, I listened for the grumbly sounds from inside. I couldn’t hear them. I felt full and comfortable. Closing my eyes, I could almost taste the sweet, delicious hay that we ate last night. Mother’s tummy didn’t growl, either. She got up and stretched.

“Come on, Bub. Time to get up and hunt for our breakfast.”

I stood beside her, yawned, and tried to shake the sleep off. All at once my eyes flashed wide.

“Look, Mother. Over there where the hay was yesterday. There’s more. It came back!”

Mother made me wait at her side, until we saw the yellow bus rumble down the road. As soon as the little people got inside the thing and left, Mother and I eased out from the trees and went to eat the wonderful hay.

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