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In reply to the discussion: Bear locks himself in car overnight, released but car totaled [View all]Journeyman
(15,001 posts)A little dog came racing into the street, yipping and yapping, teeth flashing bright and sharp, and me standing there in my underwear. Well, those running clothes felt like underwear, for all the protection they afforded. I stood for a moment watching it, trying to determine how much of a threat it posed. The owner was across the street, getting groceries from her car, oblivious to my fate. Out the corner of my eye, I spied a postal carrier, coming back to help, a can of mace in his hand. Then, from the back of my head, a small voice gave instruction: "Be the bear," it said. "Be the bear."
I raised myself as tall as I could, threw my arms in the air and ROARED. Damn dog skittered back across the road and into his front yard, where he stood in frightened defiance, issuing an occasional small "burp" to show he was still (somewhat) in control.
The owner turned from the trunk of her car and looked at me like I was escaped from Rockland. I thought the mail carrier was gonna have a stroke, he was laughing so hard. And me? I just kept loping along, happy it had ended with no injuries.