title: The Cave Bear: A Scary Tale
author: Rachel Ginsberg
description: Rachel Ginsberg grew up in Texas, and as a child, her family crossed the plains each year (albeit by van, not wagon) to hike the Colorado Rockies. She has ventured into a few caves along the way, experiencing breath-restricting tight squeezes, pressing silence, total darkness and otherworldly beauty, and returning to the surface, the first-caught scent of open air, the starkness of sunlight spilling into the shaft, and awe at the tiniest, most humble desert plant clinging to the rim. Today, Rachel is wife and mother of two living in Austin, Texan. Shell loves to hike and explore.
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](../Text/part0000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright Page](../Text/part0005.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](../Text/part0007.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [ONCE UPON A TIME,](part0009_split_000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **His Bite Is Worse Than His Bark . . .**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **CUJO**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It happens innocently enough, but doesn’t it always. A big, friendly dog
  chases a rabbit into a hidden underground cave—and stirs a sleeping evil
  crueler than death itself.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A terrified four-year-old boy sees his bedroom closet door swing open
  untouched by human hands, and screams at the unholy red eyes gleaming in the
  darkness.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The little Maine town of Castle Rock is about to be invaded by the most
  hideous menace ever to savage the flesh and devour the mind.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **“Hits the jugular.”**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **—** _ **New York Times**_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  AMERICA LOVES
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE BACHMAN BOOKS
  
  
  
  
  