scary bedtime story
THE BEAR FACTS
Once upon a time there was a big family-- a mom, dad, and 8 children.
One summer day the dad told the family that they were going on a fun trip-- to Yellowstone Park. He said it was bigger than GRA park or even Lagoon, but they would like it.
The family all worked together to load the big car (station wagon), and even put a tent on the top ( folded of course).
Away they went....
Are we their yet? the kids cried?
No said the dad, it will take hours and hours.
Finally they arrived at a Yuge forest with lots of trees, lakes, waterfalls, a few fires, and lots and lots of animals ( mostly hidden in the forest). There were also BEARS!!!
All the boys helped the dad put up the tent, and all the girls helped the mom cook dinner- such as it was. Then it was time to go to bed.
The mom sprayed lots of mosquito spray on each child, put the leftover food in the big red box, and they had prayer and went to bed in the dark and spooky forest.
Sometime after midnight, the mom raised up out of a deep sleep to the shaking of the big car. She had been sleeping in the back of it on a mattress. She looked out the window, a few inches away-- into the face of a gigantic BEAR-- who was trying to claw the window open with his huge claws and teeth! 
The mom screamed and made a dive for the front seat, just as another bear hopped off the roof. She was trying to honk the horn to scare the bears, but she mostly awakened all the people in the tent ( and the campground), who came running to see what had happened.
Needless to say, no one got much sleep the remainder of the night.
The next morning the family packed up the car and drove to another part of Yellowstone park, away from the bears.
They parked by a Geyser named Old Faithful, and all the family got out to watch it spray in the air. Not the mom, she stayed in the car to be safe. The back of the car was open for fresh air. 
Along came a mother bear and a baby bear, and guess where the baby bear decided to go? Right-- in the back of the car!! Bears like mother.
The other people there threw some pebbles at the mother bear and baby to make them leave. The family could see that they hated to leave, but they ambled slowly away and missed all of the fun with people.
The two year old had a great time seeing how close he could get to them-- a terrible danger.
Yellowstone is not for children, the mom said, as they waved goodbye?
The End
Next week-- The Snake ( river)
How wonderful to hear your version! I remember my mom telling me this story when I was a child, and it still gets me worried about the outcome.
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