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Tiffanie Gray's avatar

In guided psychology, a bear is "Problems or a Problem". This bear seemed tame enough it had a dog on it's back, but was still dangerous enough, or you were wary enough of the situation, to carefully walk on by. And while you thought you had brushed by the problem, it was too close, so that you actually touched it. Later, people came knocking at your door, saying that there was more to the problem than you thought, even blaming the problem they had on you, even while being very polite and reasonable, to make you seem the one that was unreasonable. And even with your explanations, they were pushing to say that you should have done more, or that you did more, which was more likely to be their fault, but blaming you (after all the dog was with the bear, and likely the one that caused the injuries to the bear).

Just some thoughts.

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Jasini KC's avatar

Considering that the bear's injuries (if they actually were that) were on the paws, if I *had* caused them, I would have been seriously injured myself, I was quite annoyed with them. 🐻

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Tiffanie Gray's avatar

Exactly! False blame.

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Kevin Chilton's avatar

The title is one of the most epic stage directions ever written in the English language. One of my all time favorites!

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Jasini KC's avatar

I've of the things that tickles me, is that the stage direction seems to come out of no where. There is no foreshadowing, no follow-up on the bear. It just is there.

Makes me wonder, was the rent on the bear suit (or live bear) about to expire and they wanted to use it in *something*, or what?

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Kevin Chilton's avatar

Yes, my thoughts exactly! This will be one of the first questions I ask him after I put the finishing touches on my time machine. :-)

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