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A Bear's Growl by Carmen Pitka

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A BEAR'S GROWL

A bear's growl makes me feel unsafe.

It makes me tremble like a leaf

that wants to break.

It scares me

before I go to sleep at night.

The growl can come from anywhere in the trees,

from a bear digging in my trash

and eating up my left overs

and snorting out the food stuck on its nose

and growling at me.

When I think it's coming after me,

it gives me a BIG chill!

BY: Carmen Pitka

 

 A BEAR'S GROWL

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