The Bear And His Daughter

By: Peter Fane

The Bear and His Daughter is a fantasy novel set in the Kingdom of Remain. One fateful evening, Elizabeth Hone and her brother happen upon a bear and its rider, felled by an unknown enemy, leaving a young cub behind. As the story unfolds, Elizabeth will have to rely upon her wits and dexterity to protect her family because sometimes there are more dangerous things than those that lurk in the woods.

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"That's a grey bear, right?" Teagan asked. "I mean . . . look at that silvery fur! And look at that shot! Pow! Right in his eye! A carbine do that?" He stopped, blinked, then stared at the dead bear. "Father's gonna be real mad. Not at us, though. Right? Right, Liz? Not at us?" "Right, Tee." Liz nodded, pushing her braid over her shoulder.

The hounds' barking went louder. Liz looked around Teagan, past the pack - and saw something move, something small and grey beside the bear's corpse. Her eyes widened. Teagan had been right about Father being mad. And he'd been right about the killing shot. But he was wrong about something else. The giant, dead bear wasn't a "he." It was a "she." And it had been a mother.

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