Angry Bears

Ed, you take that one on the left, the little cub with a broken leg. I'll take the one in the middle, the little cub with one eye and a hurt paw.
Joe, you take the one on the right, the mama bear."Joe looked and saw a huge silvertip grizzly bear with big teeth and froth around her mouth. "Hey, man, wait a sec. I'm supposed to get this monster angry, and you guys get the cubs. That's not fair!"
"Now, now, Joe," was the reply. "We all have our bears to cross."
Originally published November 14, 2002.