The Thoughful Epilogue

Author’s note: This is an epilogue on the book Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen. I chose to do an epilogue because the main character, Cole, saw a white bear tried to kill it, and almost got killed by it. Then Cole eventually ignored the bear and got scared of it. I personally thought he should’ve killed the bear and feel fame and glory. That’s why I have created an epilogue to it.    

            During morning sunrise, I was just minding my own business until I heard something. I turned slowly and saw a giant white bear. “Go on! Beat it,” I screamed. The bear remained still. Why isn’t this bear afraid of me? I’ll show who the boss is. I turned around and grabbed my knife. When I turned around to go attack the bear, the bear was gone. “What the,” I asked myself. I figured it was nothing so I went to back on finding my food.

During the night

            As I turned to the forest, there I saw it, the giant spirit bear. I felt anger rushing through me. “Why isn’t this bear scared of me?” I thought to myself. As I grabbed my spear and yelled my battle cry, the monster started to run away. “Don’t run away from me!” I screamed running after it.

            A storm whipped by with blasting thunder, I was sprinting through the forest after the beast. As I was running, the storm was coming closer and lightning came with pelting rain.  Finally the bear stopped moving. “I’ve got you now!” I screamed.

             When I was coming closer I stopped figuring out why the monster stopped, there was a dead end cliff. Once more I raised my spear and charged forward. Right as I stabbed the hard chest, lightning made contact with me and the bear. As I screamed with pain and the bear roaring, I fell backward and blacked out, but right before I did, I saw the horrible thing finally die as it fell backwards off the cliff.

About one year later

            As I was on the beach in the brisk morning, I saw the policemen’s boat coming by and I couldn’t wait to go home. I know completely that this island has changed me. I feel good for taking out the spirit bear. I was able to get all of my anger out. I’m going to go apologize to Peter for what I did. It was wrong just hurt him because I was mad. Now I’m going to get on the boat and start a new life.