Impressions from the Forest: A Surprise

One fine day I walked along a gravel road up the castle hill in the vicinity of my humble abode. The steep ascent really takes energy out of me, and I do not have an ounce to spare. I have inherited low blood pressure and I take tranquilizers. Both make ascents difficult. But I plod on since it is only about 300 feet of elevation gain (100 m). And so, I proceeded with difficulty until almost at the top I heard a noise in the bushes quite close to me. I stopped in terror thinking: ‘Is it a bear?’ There are a lot of bears in Slovenia, but I really doubted there would be one so close to a town. The...