Bear Sighting

Last night around 10:30 I heard what sounded like 2 dogs

in distress, as if they had gotten caught in a trap. So I

got into my car and drove around the neighborhood.

Seeing nothing extraordinary, I came home and double

locked the doors. Today I got an email from a near

neighbor who had just seen a bear run through her

backyard. When I called my neighbor next door, he

said he also saw said bear as it ran across the road

and into the woods behind our house.

We live in a small, 34 house subdivision  in a rural area, 

and we have never had a bear visit us. Maybe a fox but

never a bear. We live about a mile as the crow

flies from the James River and bears do travel

along the river, they say. This has shaken my

sense of safety although I know the bear is

probably more afraid of people than the other

way around. If I could draw a bear to illustrate

this event I would do that. I can't draw animals.

So here is a watercolor to show mountains, which
we are about two hours away from and we know
"the bear went over the mountain" (I hope).

The bear went over the mountain.
The bear went over the mountain.
The bear went over the mountain
to see what he could see.
To see what he could see,
To see what he could see.
Oh, the bear went over the mountain
to see what he could see.