This is the forth in a series of adventures for young geocachers.
The prize for completing this series is the “Great Bear Claw” necklace. To earn the necklace you must visit the first 6 caches and collect a piece of the necklace. You will also find a picture in the logbook that will help you solve the 7th and final cache [GC1ABQ8].
In this cache you will find the next two beads for your necklace.
Please take only one set of beads for your necklace. Let me know when supplies start to run low so that I can refill them.
[Continued from GC1ABPJ]
The Hunting of the Great Bear, Part 4
Fear filled the heart of the great bear for the first time and it began to run. As it broke from the cover of the pines, the four hunters saw it, a gigantic white shape, so pale as to appear almost naked. With loud hunting cries, they began to run after it. The great bear's strides were long and it ran more swiftly than a deer.
The four hunters and their little dog were swift also though and they did not fall behind. The trail led through the swamps and the thickets. It was easy to read, for the bear pushed everything aside as it ran, even knocking down big trees. On and on they ran, over hills and through valleys.
They came to the slope of a mountain and followed the trail higher and higher, every now and then catching a glimpse of their quarry over the next rise. Now though the lazy hunter was getting tired of running. He pretended to fall and twist his ankle.
"Brothers," he called, "I have sprained my ankle. You must carry me."
So his three brothers did as he asked, two of them carrying him by turns while the third hunter carried his spear. They ran more slowly now because of their heavy load, but they were not falling any further behind.
The day had turned now into night, yet they could still see the white shape of the great bear ahead of them. They were at the top of the mountain now and the ground beneath them was very dark as they ran across it. The bear was tiring, but so were they.
It was not easy to carry their fat and lazy brother. The little dog, Four-Eyes, was close behind the great bear, nipping at its tail as it ran.
[The adventure continues... see GC5N1PE]