I stopped tumbling around and suddenly it was terribly quiet. I could just barely see out the little air hole in the box. All movement had stopped and I was in a plastic bag of some sort, swinging from a mailbox door.
I wondered what would happen next. I had been told that I was being sent to somewhere where I would be loved. I was a bit curious. The night sounds came to me as dusk settled in. Something walked past me and I heard a snuffling sound. Off in the distance coyotes called.
I wasn’t afraid. I would be loved and I felt safe inside the box even if it was scary outside the box.
Slowly the night turned into the morning. Just after the sun rose I heard footsteps and the jingle of a little bell. I heard a human exclaim something and then the plastic bag was pulled off.
The box was quickly opened as the voice outside the box read the following:
If you can read this,
then you are under the box
or the box is upside down
and the bear inside is
getting a headache.
I heard laughter that sounded very pleasant as the box was opened. “Oh hello there!” the voice said as I was pulled from the box and set on the ground.
The human person scooped me up and we headed towards the forest.
She set me down and stepped back to look at me.
“Well, well,” she said, “Aren’t you a surprise! And you are not a Bear!”
Behind me a huge black dog approached. I froze in place. I mean what could I do? Was the dog going to rip me apart?
The dog spoke. “Hey, I’m Charlie, who are you?”
“I am Girry. Are you the one that is going to love me?”
Charlie winked and said, “Oh heck no! I chew up toys like you!” He looked towards the human and nodded.
“I think She is the one that will love you.”
I looked up at the human with interest.
“But She is a grown woman!”
Charlie wagged his tail and replied, “Oh that. Well, you will get used to her. At least you will have a lot of friends. And, she will keep me from chewing you to bits and pieces.”
