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Going postal in such a situation is an appropriate behavior. IF you're going to fight, hand to claw, fight berserk! (even if you have a knife)

Sam is both blessed, and a blessing. Kanawa is likewise, both blessed, and a blessing. They bless each other.

I had my daughters read this story as soon as I finished it. Bears aren't common here in Oklahoma, but they may not live here all their lives. I'll have my son read it when he gets home from church.

I think I'm buying them all a good knife and a camp ax. When they're a little bigger, that Ruger Super Black Hawk sounds like a good idea, too.

We have a cage full of Grizzly Bears in our local zoo, and I've pointed out such things as the size of their teeth and claws, and how muscular they are, to my kids. We have our own hero-dog story in the family, as well, although her opponent was another dog, two or three times her weight.

What ever you do, it is always good to be mentally prepared as Kanawa was. He had no hesitation and stepped beyond his fear right into the thick of it. Such is the force of love as he has said.

For my son, his wilderness experience was a right of passage, now he knows he can live and survive just about anywhere in the world because of it.He doesn't dissolve into depression when there is a lack of modern ammenities, he actually cheers up! When he was 12 years old he would swing a day pack on his back, take his then 5 year old Irish Setter male, and would disappear into the woods for a whole day alone, coming back a dusk with a bag full of trout or possibly a rack of grouse and a rabbit or two when he took his shot gun out in the fall. After the age of 8 0r 9 he wanted to go alone rather than tag along with the old duffer.

I commend you for giving such a gift to your family, for it is more precious than gold.