agree on one solution (I know there might be more than one solution ;P), so I'd like to hear what you guys think about it.
One day in October a bear was walking through the woods. He looked up and saw the wild geese flying south; he looked around and saw the leaves falling. There was a chill in the air and he slapped his arms around his body to keep warm. A snowflake fell on his nose. "It's time.", he thought and went to find a warm, cosy cave. He gathered up some leaves and made a soft comfortable bed with them and snuggled up and fell asleep.
It was January when the bears slumbers were disturbed by hammerings and thuddings, the sounds of machines and trees falling. The bear sat up, rubbed his eyes and yawned, turned over and went back to sleep.
In March the bear awoke and feeling hungry left his cave in search of food. As he came out into the daylight he could hardly believe his eyes. Where trees had once towered up on his doorstep now stood a huge concrete building. The soft musty-smelling earth of the woods had been concreted over. As he stared in wonderment a man came over to him, yelling and gesticulating with his arms. "Come over here, man. Why aren't you working", he shouted, "like all the other man?" "But I'm a bear", replied the bear. "Ha," cried the foreman, "don't give me that. You're just a stocky man in a fur coat who needs a shave. Come on, get to work." "No, really I'm a bear." The foreman wasn't standing for this and grabbed the bear's arm and led him to the works manager, explaining, "this man here says he's a bear and won't work." "Ha!", said the workers manager, "You're not a bear. You're just a big man in a fur coat who needs a shave." However, seeing that the bear still wasn't convinced, he took him by the arm and said: "Come with me, I'll take you
to the zoo and show you real bears."
And so the works manager stumped out his fat cigar and having ordered his chaffeur-driven limousine, drove with the bear to the zoo. In front of the bears cage the manager told the caged animals, "This man here", pointing to the bear, "says he's a bear." "Ha!", answered the zoo bears in unison, "he's not a bear, he's just a big man in a fur coat who needs a shave. If he were a bear he'd be in here with us behind bars." The manager slapped the bear on the shoulder saying, "See, now do you believe me?" The bear hung his head dejectedly, but still maintaining that he was a bear the manager decided to give him one last chance: "Come on, let's go to the circus and see the circus bears." On arriving at the circus the manager approached the performing bears scurrying around the big topper on bicycles. Explaining once again the situation to them the circus bears began to laugh: "He's not a bear. He's just a big man in a fur coat who needs a shave. If he were a bear he'd be in here with us on a bicycle." There was now nothing left for the bear to do but accept that he was a man and start to work in the factory.
The bear was sat to work at a huge machine and he spent endless days reading dials and turning wheels and pulling levers. The bear was an excellent worker and because of his diligance he gradually worked his way up the promotion list and eventually became deputy works manager with a large office and a big limousine, smoking only the best Havana cigars.
Then came the oil crisis.... The bear showed up for work one morning to find the factory complex deserted. There wasn't a man to bee seen. The bear walked around the complex trying to find out what had happened. It was a cold winter's day and as he looked up and saw the wild geese flyníng south he stopped for a moment, shook his head, saying to himself, "No, I'm a man!" He walked on and on and came to a large forest. It was getting colder and colder and the snow was beginning to fall. He looked around and saw the fallen russet leaves pilling up on the mossy forest earth. He began to feel very cold and slapped his arms around his body to keep warm. He came upon a cave and feeling sleepy, he gathered up heaps of leaves,
made a cosy comfotable bed and snuggled down to sleep, saying to himself before closing his eyes: "I am a bear."
Which words best describe the story:
- political
- poetic
- descriptive
- existential
- sad
- out-of-date
- environmental
- symbolic
- naturalistic
- happy-ending
- romantic
- anthropological
- like a fairy tale
- philosophical
- degrading
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