Submission from
Glen Acres Elementary, West Goshen, PA
...the bear bag came crashing down. This was a kit bag loaded with all our food, sodas, and film and hung up high between two tall pine trees. It had to be hung at least 12 feet high above the ground. The bag should be hung in the middle of the trees. Jamie's older brother told us that bears cannot reach the bag. Bears these days are more intelligent than eighth graders like Jamie's brother.
Submission from Heidi Slaton
Solano Junior High School
There beside the tree was a big black bear. He had just reached up to the big knot Jaime's older brother had tied to the tree, and chewed it off. When he saw us, he stood up on his hind legs and roared at us. It was so loud that the whole forest shook! Then he started running after us.
Submission from Chariti
Indian Lake Elementary, Hendersonville, Tennessee
We ran as fast as we could through the forest screaming our heads off hoping Jamie's brother would wake up and save us. Just when we thought the bear was going to get us.....
Submission from Cameron Porter
Aberdeen Composite High School, Aberdeen, Saskatchewan,
Canada
...we started screaming and yelling for help, and some of us started to run away. When the bear heard us screaming, he stopped running at us. Jamie's big brother came out of the tent and asked "What is all the noise about?" Then he saw the bear standing between him and us.
Submission from Jackie Young
Loyola, Los Altos
He screamed and then ran back into the tent and came out with a big flash light. He shone it on the big bear's face. The bear got angry and ran after Jamie's big brother.
Submission from Tommy Dorchak
4th grade, West End Catholic School - Johnstown, PA
He ran and ran until he couldn't run any more. He was so scared that he climbed up a tree and sat on its branch. The bear's thundering growl seemed to shake the whole tree. But then....
Submission from Jessica Hager
4th grade, Monte Vista - Santa Barbara, CA
...we stopped screaming. The bear stopped roaring. It looked at us for a split second, then started chasing us again. We thought it would never stop chasing us but...
Submission from Helen Chan
Hong Kong
...suddenly some sound from among the bushes stopped the bear. While nobody could distinguish yet what the source of the sound was, the bear started running towards a different direction instead of chasing us. It seemed that it was...
Submission from Matthew Brandson
Agassiz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
...as interested as we were. The bear stood still and so did we. We all wanted to know what the noise was. Suddenly Jamie's brother, who had come down from the tree, came out of the bushes leading a strange looking animal. It was a...
Submission from Grant and Trisha Ryan
Meadow Park Elementary School
...porcupine and he wasn't leading it! It was chasing him! Jamie's brother had quills stuck in his back.
Submission from Grace Martin
Nativity
Jamie's brother had run into the bushes from the bear and met up with this prickly animal. Neither looked happy about this unexpected meeting. The bear saw the porcupine and backed away from the animal. The porcupine followed Jamie's brother into his tent.
Submission from Francene Johnson
Curtis Jr. High, Tacoma, Washington
We poked our heads inside the tent only to find that Jamie's big brother was trying to bash the porcupine with his pillow. We held the tent flap open and the porcupine staggered out looking dismayed. Then we heard the bear roar in the distance.
Submission from Mary Dexter
David City Elementary, Nebraska, 4th grade
But we climbed in the tent and tried to go to sleep anyway. But something kept us awake. It was the sound of a chewing noise. We looked out and saw the big black bear back outside the tent. It was eating all our food.
Submission from Philippa Barnes
Modbury School, Devon, England
"I told you to pack the beans," I said. "Bears can't eat tins and beans would keep us going all weekend. Grandma once told me that bears would eat anything but beans."
Submission from Jose Villalobos
Passaic School #5, Passaic, NJ
We searched our gear and found some bug spray. We quickly sprayed our tent hoping the bear would hate the smell as much as the bugs did. It worked! After eating the food, the bear walked near our tent, sniffed it and walked back into the woods. We were relieved but knew we were not out of danger yet.
Submission from Brenda Sanchez
School #5, Passaic, NJ
"If bears can't climb trees maybe we should sleep in a tree
tonight," we told Jamie's brother.
"Be brave," he answered. Not wanting to sound afraid we decided
to...
Submission from Michael Hagedorn
Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls, Iowa
...let Jamie's brother sleep in the tent and we would sleep outside. When we moved the sleeping bags outside we were regretting our decision, but decided to go ahead anyway. It took a while, but we fell asleep to the relaxing sounds of nature. Suddenly we were awaken by a thunderous crashing noise. We scanned the dark forest, but didn't see anything. Then, from behind one of the nearby trees...
Submission from Grades 4/5
Miramichi Rural School, New Brunswick, Canada
.....we saw a big moose crashing through the forest. It was coming
for us. In fact, it was about to step on the tent when...we heard a
screaming noise coming from Jamie's brother's tent.
"Help! Help!" Jamie's brother screamed. Suddenly I looked around and
saw a giant...
Submission from Eddie
Maple School, Northbrook
...bear. We ran to hide behind some trees. The bear was sniffing and trying to find us.. Then somebody sneezed. The bear looked around and saw me. Then....
Submission from Cailin
...a man came stumbling out of the bushes. he was badly injured
and was calling to us. "Help, help!"
Jamie's brother took one look at the man and ran screaming into the
woods. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Jamie and Andy looked at the man, then the direction that Jamie's
brother ran. Jamie ran in his brother's path saying "wait up!"
Then, without warning, the man ran after us looking as healthy as an
ox and just as strong. Andy and I ran in the direction of Jamie and
his brother. we ran untill our legs hurt.
Somehow during running Andy and I got separated. I stopped. As I
tried to figure out where I was something jumped out at me behind the
bushes!. I ran and ran and ran.
Then I rounded a sharp corner and saw the most amazing...........
Submission from Matthew Cail and Holly MacArthur
Harcourt School, Harcourt N.B.
...animal. It looked like a Dingo, a Wolf and a fox all together. It jumped at me. I ducked and then ran like a tiger. I turned around a corner and there was another one. I thought I was safe, but I heard something lurch up behind me.
Submission from Derek Witten
Home-schooled, Rocky Mt. House, AB., Canada
In terror, I fell on the ground and played dead. I felt a warm and wet tickling on my arms and ears.
Submission from Angela Sutton
Wallace Intermediate, Wallace, Idaho
I didn't know what it was or where it came from. Then I turned around and there it was, a stray dog. I thought it was a collie but I don't know but it started to fight with the other dogs. My friend grabbed me and took me inside the tent; then the noise stopped.
Submission from Janet Keener
Wallace Intermediate, Wallace, Idaho
I turned around to see Andy staring at me. Luckily, he had a wildlife book with him. I quickly began searching for a picture of what I had seen. "Ahh!" I said when I finally found it. "It's called a Hufflen," I was telling Andy, but when I turned around I saw a...
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