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Article: The Old Man and the Bears.(Brief Article)
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- Highlights for Children
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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The old man was bear-like, gruff, and rough-mannered. He walked with a slow gait, his broad shoulders slumped forward. When he spoke, the sound came from deep in his throat, like thunder traveling over a long distance.
The old man hardly said two words in a row unless a person asked him about bears. Then his eyes lit up and he had a lot to say.
As kids we of ten climbed the trail to the old man's orchard. It was one of the most beautiful for miles around.
More than one hundred trees stood above the village: peach, pear, apple, and apricot. They grew on a narrow strip of flat ground about halfway up the side of the mountain. The trees stood in ...