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e Frustration of Not Finding a Library When You
Really Need One
e fog cleared to reveal a huge white bear, standing upright. It dropped
down to all fours and continued moving toward her with surprising velocity
and a heavy and terrifying grace. Nora did nothing. Her mind was jammed
with panic. She was as still as the permafrost she stood on.
Fuck.
Fuck fuck.
Fuck fuck fucking fuck.
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.
Eventually a sur vival impulse kicked in and Nora raised the signal pistol
and fired it, and the flare shot out like a tiny comet and disappeared into the
water, the glow fading along with her hope. e creature was still coming
towards her. She fell to her knees and started clanging the ladle against the
saucepan and shouted at the top of her lungs.
‘BEAR! BEAR! BEAR!’
e bear stopped, momentarily.
‘BEAR! BEAR! BEAR!’
It was now walking for ward again.
e banging wasn’t working. e bear was close. She wondered if she
could reach the rifle, lying on the ice, just slightly too far away. She could see
the bear’s vast pawed feet, armed with claws, pressing into the snow-dusted
rock. Its head was low and its black eyes were looking directly at her.
‘LIBRARY!’ Nora screamed. ‘MRS ELM! PLEASE SEND ME BACK!
THIS IS THE WRONG LIFE! IT IS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WRONG!
