Acquaintance with a polar bear



Чеснокова Анастасия Дмитриевна, 6 класс. Acquaintance with a polar bear. 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.
This meeting was so unexpected that I stood to the spot.
It saved my life because if I had run away, the bear would have caught me in two jumps.
It was bigger and stronger than me. I remembered the words of an experienced polar explorer that in such cases you shouldn`t to show your fear to a beast, you had better stay motionless, then it would move away.
I stood still and closed my eyes. Evidently the bear saw a man for the first time.
It began to study me. Standing on the back paws it was sniffing my face.
I felt its breath and I was afraid to sneeze. The bear was attracted by the smell from my pocket.
There was a packed ham sandwich.
Carefully the bear took out a roll with its teeth and began to chew it.
I didn`t remember how long I had been standing there. Finally I opened my eyes.
The bear was away. I ran back to the tent and told my friends about the meeting but no one believed me.
They all began laughing at me.
Next day, after hunting we returned to our tent.
There were some trails of a bear`s paws on the snow around the tent and two big fish.
So the bear had thanked me for the sandwich. After this case, no one laughed at me any more.
I was respected by my fellows because I had a friend – the King of the Artic – the polar bear.

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