| February 6, 2005 | Music | Recipe Calendar | Archives |
A woman is in the lobby of an elementary school. A huge black bear (too tall for a black bear really, probably a grizzly in a black bear suit) appears at the front door and menaces a traditional woman teacher standing outside. The woman in the lobby grabs her umbrella and steps outside to chase the bear away, but the bear is furious and chases her down the halls of the school where she repeatedly tries doors, looking for one that will open and then lock from the inside.
Although the bear is just behind her, she manages to get on the PA system and tell the children there is a bear in the school and to stay in their rooms with the doors locked. After more frantic chasing, she manages to get to the PA system again and tells the children to throw all their lunch bags out into the hall. The situation is defused as the bear leisurely snacks on all the goodies in the lunch bag littered hall.
Weeks later, the woman is in the airport preparing to leave for a vacation, but bothered by the memory of the bear experience. What does it mean to be chased by a bear? In the airport there is a special desk where messages can be left for others. The woman goes to the desk, waits in line for her turn, then tells the clerk about the bear dream, and says "There, now it's yours to worry about," and goes off on vacation. So the question is: should the story be told from the viewpoint of the woman or the bear, the messenger clerk or the lunchbags?
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After a big snow the garden seems to have sunk a foot into the ground. During melty times, Wing is afraid to go outside because of the snow falling in big heaves off the roof.