They Left a Wildlife Officer Tied to a Pine-But the Grizzly Reached for the Rope Instead of His Throat

named him, didn’t you?” she asked.

“Five years ago.”

“I told you not to.”

“You did.”

She was quiet for a moment. “Don’t let them make him into a pet.”

“I won’t.”

That promise proved harder than it sounded. People preferred a bear who loved me to a bear whose behavior remained partly unknowable. They wanted debt repaid, friendship confirmed, wilderness made continue reading …