The little boy's heart leapt to his mouth and he slowly turned around, disregarding the drone hovering right above him.

"Ahh!" The enormous silhouette before him frightened Boswell out of his wits. As he took a step back quietly, he stumbled over a branch and fell on his back.

‘Oh my God!' If his eyes hadn't deceived him, the ominous silhouette before him was a bear.

The little boy's face turned pale with fear, but he kept telling himself to calm down and think about what his father had said.

Their thoughtful father had also taught them how to deal with wild animals such as snakes or bears in the wild. According to his father's words, when met with a bear, running would be the first mistake as no matter how fast a human could run, no one could ever outrun a bear in the forest.

Another mistake would be to play dead. Although everyone had heard rumors of bears walking away from a dead body, this rumor was very far from the truth.

In fact, the chances of a bear taking the initiative to attack a person was very low in the first place. The best course of action would be to retreat without provoking it, but slowly walking away or climbing up a tree. If the person trying to escape the bear turned out to be unlucky, then the bear would climb the tree as well. Unfortunately, bears could climb trees faster than any man. Repeating his father's instructions in his head, Boswell decided to calm his thoughts and look to his surroundings for help.

The bear, however, was approaching him one step at a time. Just as it was only a few meters away from Boswell, it leaned forward and let out a deafening roar.

The bear's voice was so loud that it almost broke the poor boy's eardrums, but he didn't move a single inch of his body.

When the distance between the bear and the child was less than three meters, he raised his hands in surrender and tried to negotiate with the bear.

"Mr. Bear, I'm just an innocent child. I don't want to hurt you. Please don't hurt me, okay?"

The bear was gigantic compared to the little boy. In fact, it was taller than the two of Boswell combined.

“As Long as you don't hurt me, I will leave right away and never come back. I promise!

Please don't come any closer! I'm too skinny! Look at me! I don't have any meat on my body and my bones are too small. Why don't you just let me go? Maybe I'LL bring you a fat pig some other day!"

When the bear was just about a meter away from him, it suddenly fell to the ground, its eyes still staring at him.

Boswell swallowed nervously.

After staring at the bear for a long time, he tried to stand up slowly from the ground. When he was certain that the bear wasn't going to harm him, he slowly tiptoed away.

Perhaps, it was his good fortune that the bear didn't attack him. He walked ahead with weary legs, while the bear followed him without any intention of attacking him.

When Boswell was about to take another path, the bear suddenly ran ahead and blocked his way.

Frightened, Boswell stood still and wondered what the bear was trying to tell him.

Silence permeated the air between them. Only the sound of the drone in the air and the small creatures squeaking in the distance could be heard.

When the bear saw him stop, it turned around and took the path that went deeper inside the forest.

Boswell couldn't figure out what the bear was trying to tell him, but when he tried to carry on in his way, the bear blocked his way again

Whenever Boswell tried to take the other path, the bear would stop him.

Eventually, the boy realized the animal wanted him to follow it.