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In reply to the discussion: Your Alcoholic Beverage of Choice? [View all]smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I grew up in a beautiful rolling country with a lot of trees and there were all kinds of wildlife roaming around . We used to go exploring in the woods and I remember seeing foxes as well. They were very cute and kind of timid. There were also bears and wolves up there, but they didn't come out until night time. There were also all kinds of wild berries growing which were delicious. So much better than anything you could find in a market.
The bears would try to get into our trash and rip open our locked shed doors (and were eventually successful). I saw them one night out the back window one night because they were making a terrible noise and went to tell my dad but he was sleeping too heavily too understand me. The next day he was shocked, and I was like "I tried to tell you!" I'm kind of amazed we never got attacked during the day.
When I was feeling sorry for myself I would try to get myself lost in the woods. Probably not a very bright idea, but nothing bad ever happened. I was like a homing pigeon. I was always able to find my way out.