Once Upon a Winter's Night
Once Upon a Winter's Night
“Camille slid from his back and looked across the field at the brightly lit mansion and the carriages and teams in harness. “Oh, Bear, it is not at all what we expected, is it?” Camille frowned. “I wonder who lives there and where my family has gone.” She took a deep breath and let it out, and said, “Well, we’ll not learn a thing simply by standing here. Let us go and see.”
As Camille stepped away, “Rrhmm,” rumbled the Bear, and he did not move.
“What is it, Bear?”
The Bear raised its nose into ...the air and snuffled.
“Is it the horses? Or, instead, the men?”
The Bear gave a soft whuff.
“Ah, well, as for the horses, I know you do not wish to frighten them. And as for the men, I don’t blame you, for, knowing the ways of mortals, they might take it in their heads to go hunting after you, my Bear, yes?”
“Urrmm.”
Camille frowned, for she did not know how to interpret that answer, one which might mean No, though in this case it might also mean something else altogether, such as Let them try.MoreLess
As Camille stepped away, “Rrhmm,” rumbled the Bear, and he did not move.
“What is it, Bear?”
The Bear raised its nose into ...the air and snuffled.
“Is it the horses? Or, instead, the men?”
The Bear gave a soft whuff.
“Ah, well, as for the horses, I know you do not wish to frighten them. And as for the men, I don’t blame you, for, knowing the ways of mortals, they might take it in their heads to go hunting after you, my Bear, yes?”
“Urrmm.”
Camille frowned, for she did not know how to interpret that answer, one which might mean No, though in this case it might also mean something else altogether, such as Let them try.MoreLess
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