Chapter 4: Pans, a Bear, and a Garden

Send us Fan MailA midnight scratching at the window turns Benjamin’s quiet island home into a full-blown bear scare. We follow the family from pan-banging bravery to morning cleanup, muddy teamwork, and a warm kitchen reset with pancakes. • Benjamin waking up in the dark and spotting a moving shape in the garden • Benjamin alerting his parents and Dad rushing out to chase the bear away • The bear fleeing into the lake and the family settling back to sleep • Morning inspection of the potato garden and deciding how to repair the holes • Miss Hound helping dig dirt while Benjamin fills buckets and patches the damage • Getting filthy, talking about learning to swim, and setting a “not today” boundary • The wash barrel bath chaos and ending with breakfast and school Please, subscribe if you enjoyed the story. Contact me if you are interested in a print book.https://zacharyleepeters.com/