A Sweet Tooth



Полищук Дарья Сергеевна. 9 лет. A Sweet Tooth. HIGH.

Before I took part in the Expedition through the Arctic, I had lived by a schedule. In the Arctic you lose sense of time. Having 24 hours of sunlight we could start our hiking at what we thought was 3 PM but it was actually 3 AM.
Our entire being was focused on one thing: survival.
That day or night (I can’t say for sure) I was on polar bear watch while the others were sleeping.
I didn’t have to fall asleep so I looked outside for some fresh air and came face to face with a ...

polar bear.
Before coming to Arctic I had heard a lot of horror stories about bears.
I was really shocked. That’s why I slammed the door in his face.
But I was curious and looked out of the window.
The bear was sitting on the snow as if he was waiting for something.
I decided to give him something to eat.
I opened the door and threw him a piece of meat.
The bear blinked “Thank you, but I don’t eat meat.
I would like sweets,” he said “I am too small for meat yet.” He added.
I couldn’t utter a word. But in a minute I brought him my favourite chocolates.
The bear was happy. I learnt that his name was Kevin and he had been lost.
We took a snowmobile and I helped him to find his parents.
They were full of fun to see their son again.
We had tea with candies and then I returned to our camp.

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