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Soave up his atte before the caht chase darkness across the sky His le; the bear's wound-what did they ible to Maistoinna, but lately-ever since his nephew's accident -s seemed incomprehensible Maistoinna was frustrated that he didn't understand the bear He related to bears better than women He knew bears-worandfather told hireat bear Even then Maistoinna ad," a young Maistoinna told his grandfather Unknown to Maistoinna, his own smile resembled that insolent smirk

Real-life encounters with bears didn't shake hiht Maistoinna with his pants down The sun shined brilliantly upon the jagged Mission Mountains as Maistoinna answered nature's call He was squatting behind a stand of brush when he heard the bear lu in the trees, busily foraging, snout to the ground Not until Maistoinna moved for his pepper spray - set upon a stump five feet away - did the bear notice hi, the bear ot to pull up his pants and fell over hiround with a thud-pepper spray out of reach The bear closed, teeth clacking It caught whiff of Maistoinna's scat and lowered its snout After investigating, the bear scampered away

Maistoinna didn't find the story funny, his screw ups were never the least bit humorous That's not to say that Maistoinna didn't possess a blistering wit, he did, as long as others were the target

As the sun rose above the Appalachian forest, Maistoinna du coffee on the fire and closed ca was a job in the mid-Atlantic summer time soup