THE NIGHT THE BEAR CAME AROUND

Ellen was a young girl and her brother Tom was even younger. Their mother had died and left their father to care for them alone. He did the best he could, but he had to leave them at home many times to work. They lived in the 1800s, and there were not many people in the area where they lived so there was no one to babysit. Tom and Ellen were even left alone at night sometimes.

One of those nights, they were sitting around the lamp reading when they heard an awful noise. They knew at once what it was because they had heard it before. It was a bear. It was just outside their little cabin in the woods. They were very afraid because they knew how dangerous bears could be, especially when they were hungry, and he bears around where they lived were very big.

Tom began to cry. Ellen tried her best to calm him. She told him everything would be okay. She told him that Jesus would send angels to protect them as he had so many times before. They prayed and asked him to make the bear go away.

Then they heard an even louder noise. It sounded like something very big hit the back of their house. It hit so hard that it shook the whole place. They didn’t know what it was but they were even more afraid now. Maybe it was an even bigger bear trying to get in. Now they were in danger from the front and the back. They continued to pray and listen to see what would happen next. Soon, they didn’t hear the bear out front anymore and nothing from the back. Eventually, they realized they were safe. They thanked God for sending the bears away and asked him to continue to protect them and soon they were asleep.

When they woke the next morning they could see the bright light of the sun shining through the cracks in their little house. God had brought them through a frightening experience to a brand new day. As they went about their day, they happened to notice the back of the house. They were surprised to see a large rock lying against the wood plank wall. “That’s the noise we heard,” Ellen said. “It wasn’t another bear at all. Maybe God made the rock roll down the hill and hit the house to scare the bear away. I’ll bet he did. I’m sure he did.” They thanked God again and again as they continued their day with a stronger faith in Jesus.

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