title: Silent Bear (Reflections of the High Desert, Leaflet 5)
author: Jan Hunt
description: From the series "Reflections Of The High Desert". Model was stitched on Dublin Raw Linen (25 Ct) Finished Design Area: 71 W x 47 H
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  ![cover](cover.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Bear is Born
  
  
  By
  
  
  Remy Morgeson
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
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  The sun had just peaked in
  
  
  the autumn sky when the stag lifted its regal head, the hungry
  
  
  animal grazing peacefully in the secluded clearing deep within the
  
  
  northern woods. They had picked up the magnificent beast’s trail
  
  
  earlier this morning at first light, tracking it diligently ever
  
  
  since to reach this moment. The boy could hear his father’s
  
  
  rhythmic breathing from just over his shoulder, the two of them
  
  
  crouching in the tree line at the edge of the forest as they
  
  
  watched the animal feeding. The thing looked so massive to his
  
  
  young eyes, its antlers sweeping up to what seemed to be
  
  
  innumerable points. This was his first hunt after his coming of age
  
  
  over the warm summer months, and the stag was to be his first kill
  
  
  on his way to manhood.
  
  
  His father’s longbow
  
  
  trembled in his slight hands as he raised the polished wood,
  
  
  struggling to pull back the string and keep hold