Just another little part

Not much to report today so I thought it would be a good time to add a little more from my book

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.....I had my head down moving slowly along a creek when I heard a grunt up ahead, then a snort. I froze. I knew what that sound was, I heard it once before when me and Little Hawk had stumbled into that momma bear. I slowly moved my eyes around. There sure enough off to my right I seen a bear. It was standing on its hind legs, its nose high in the air slowly looking around, I knew I was upwind of it that was apparently what she had smelled. My scent caused her to make an alarm. I looked around some more. Sure enough there was a cub, about a year old, making up the side of an old tree. I kept as still as I could, that bear looked right at me then past me. She then looked back. I knew she could see me, or at least the shape of me. I figured she knew I was not suppose to be there. She grunted again then dropped down on all four feet. She started my way. She made it about half way when she stood up again. This time she got a good look, then a strong whiff. Here she come at a dead run. She was snarling and snapping her teeth, I raised that rifle sighted down the barrel. I held my shot until she was no more than 15 feet away I squeezed the trigger. That rifle rolled back on my shoulder. Through the powder smoke I could see she was still coming. I dropped the rifle to pull the knife from my belt. She hit me hard. I sat down with her on top of me then rolled over back wards. I raised my feet in her stomach as she went over me. I flipped her. I had enough time to stick that knife as far as I could into her side when her weight pulled the knife from my hand. She rolled up on her feet then turned on me, I grabbed my tomahawk, I swung it as hard as I could as she hit me, again I swung down on her with all I had. She roared blood and saliva then swiped me with her paw knocking me over backwards. She was on top of me in an instant, her foul breath was in my face I twisted my head away as she bit down on my shoulder. I reached up around with my other hand until I felt the handle of my knife. I grabbed it pulled it free then plunged it in again, then back out until I could feel my strength failing. I could feel that bears hind feet digging into my legs. I was running out of strength, there was not much more I could do. I was under her with her foul breath in my face and her claws digging furrows down my legs. I figured I was a gonner when that bear suddenly began to relax. She groaned a little then with one final growl she collapsed on me. She was dead. I crawled from under her. Then began to look at myself. I was covered in blood. I was trying to figure out if it was mine our hers. Mostly it was hers. I had a bad cut across my chest from the first hit. I had blood oozing from the bites on my shoulder. Both my legs were bleeding. Other than that I was in pretty good shape considering. I tried to stand, got part of the way up, then just passed out.

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