Last night I dreamed that I was in the Boundary Waters on one of the little islands, when I spotted a bear a little ways away on another island.
“OH MY GOODNESS!” I yelled. “I have seen a bear!”
I’ve always wanted to see a bear, of course.
The bear was huge (like the size of a one-story house), extremely furry, and had a tail like a beaver. Not the most attractive bear, but I wasn’t going to argue because I’d never seen a bear before. Suddenly, the bear swam over to my island and began mauling me. I played dead, and all it managed to do was bruise me really bad. I had large brown and purple spots all over my body.
Later, in my dream of course, I discovered that the bear had eaten poor Mom. I was super upset and began crying and crying and crying, and woke up with a saturated pillow.
I have been traumatized all morning about this non real bear eating Mom in this not real dream I had. So I asked The Brother, who hasn’t actually seen a bear either but seems real knowledgeable in these things, if bears could attack people in canoes.
Jenna: do you think that if you were in a canoe and a bear came up beside you that you could beat it with your paddles until it drowned or left you alone? Or could it still eat you even in the middle of the lake?
Andrew: uum no way. it would be very hard for it to get you out of the canoe
Jenna: I thought so
Andrew: considering you can canoe way faster than bears
Jenna: I’ll just tell Mom to stay in the canoe next time
Andrew: and considering they swim very low in the water. yah – i can tell you probably need counseling about this dream
Jenna: probably. I’d still beat one with my canoe paddle if possible
Andrew: good idea
So, Mom, just stay in the canoe next time you to go BW. That way bears can’t maul you.
Jenna, you are your own special brand of paranoid. And I must say, I love you for it. It makes for hysterical blogs.
I had just watched Prince Caspian last night too, and was quite disturbed about the bear that came running to attack poor little Lucy–until Trumpkin saved the day!
Maybe my brain waves communicated this to yours, and that caused your dream?