tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post6693008985384836668..comments2024-03-19T13:24:07.061+11:00Comments on Flying With Hands: There's A Bear In TherePipistrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-39310170957926925252018-03-24T18:37:55.037+11:002018-03-24T18:37:55.037+11:00Hello Bonnie,
Why, thank you for your lovely comm...Hello Bonnie,<br /><br />Why, thank you for your lovely comment! Yes, the American version is rather grim. The prospect of bears leaping out at you at least won't have you wracked with guilt!<br /><br />There is a poem by A. A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh fame), "Lines and Squares", which fleshes out the superstition. The picture above is from one of the E. H. Shepard illustrations.<br /Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-86840331017017291452018-03-24T15:42:24.544+11:002018-03-24T15:42:24.544+11:00Hello, I love your blog! Bears in the cracks of t...Hello, I love your blog! Bears in the cracks of the pavement is a new one to me. When I was growing up (in the U.S.) it was said "Step on a crack and break your mother's back." That was really awful now that I think about it!<br />Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.com