What Other Kids Say About the Story Story: Inviting the Bears (Note: Kids' spelling & grammar has been corrected) Erich and Mike, ages 7 & 8 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? He wanted to die later not sooner. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? I use to think Clay was my enemy but now he is my friend. (Mike) Sara, age 8 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? The old man was alone and had lost all of his freinds and family.So he dicided that he would go out and let the bears eat him. And as time passed they came but he got scared and said to come to his village and he would give them a feast. He went home and toke off his shirt and painted stripes all over his chest. They came and he feed them. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? No Megan, age 15 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? The old man wanted to kill the bear chief, but first he wanted to fatten the chief up. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? Yes, she turned out to be my enemy too. Brandon, age 11 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? Because he was alone and thought that if he invited the bears to a feast they would either never come back or come and kill him. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? I and my friend got in a big feud and I thought that he wold hate me for life but I soon came to talk but slowly we became friends again. Jenna, age 22 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? Because he didn't want the bears to kill him and he was lonely. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? Yes. A schoolmate who used to tease me in 7th and 8th grade was friends with me by the 12th grade. Beth, age 9 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? Because he was afraid that the bears would shread him to pieces and eat him till he was nothing but bones. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? Yes, her name is Ashley Foreman she's still my friend even though my mom and dad went nuts!!!! Nichole, age 10 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? So they could kill and eat him. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? Yes I have, it was this girl named Marcia. We met at school and she would always call me names and pick with me but I did not pay any attention to her and one day while she was picking on me I said could you stop messing with me and she said I'm sorry and walked away and I accepted it and we became friends. Cassie, age 11 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? He wanted to be grizzly bear and be the leader of them. The bears were doing the same thing as the man was doing. In other words they were just coping. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? To be honest I did. I didn't know what to do. So whatever I did I always kept my eye on that person. When I confronted that person, I found out that person was my true friend. LaVonda, age 12 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? Because he had no family or friends so he said that he wasn't going to "die hard" so then he said that "he was going to let the cheif bear eat him"! Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happened? Yes, because I thought that she never liked me until we got in the sixth grade. Now we are best friends. Audrey, age 11 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? So the bear chief would not kill him. Did you ever make friends with someone you thought was your enemy? What happeneds? Yes, in a way. We learned about each other. Melissa, age 11 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? The old man realized that he did not want to be torn into pieces,so he told the bear chief he had a feast for him. Why did the bear chief accept? Because the bear and the old man were very much alike. Both were without friends and family. Amanda, age 19 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? So they could be friends and start a friendship with the bear chief. Why did the bear chief accept? He wanted to start the friendship with the old man also. Karla, age 12 Why did the old man invite the bear chief to a feast? The old man invited the bear chief because the old man was afraid to die. Why did the bear chief accept? The bear chief accept because he was lonely, too. ©Copyright 1998-1999 Elaine Lindy -- All rights reserved. E-mail: whootieowl@storiestogrowby.com Mailing Address: P.O. Box 600344 / Newtonville, MA 02460-0004 Web: http://www.storiestogrowby.com