Epic Global Trilogy
This book is about three major global issues affecting the world today.
Part I is about two albatrosses setting out to save their species with the help of humanity.
Part II is about global warming and how it can be reduced as two polar bears set out in the world to find answers to the problem so they can help make it better.
Part III is about a lady who
loves the world and trees. She tries to help solve global warming by making forests sustainable and renewable through caring for the world’s trees.
TWO POLAR BEARS TRAVEL
THE WORLD IN
GLOBAL WARMING ON AN
ICEBERG
CHAPTER ONE
NEWBORNS
On a cold and blustery day in the middle of
winter, deep in an ice cave along the foothills of
the great Denali National Park mountains, just
south of the giant mountain range, a small
hairless polar bear cub was born.
It’s mother, Starlight, licked him all over as she
inspected him and drew him close to her teat so
he could drink her fresh warm milk made
especially for him.
Each newborn cub weighed about one and a half
pounds and were about a foot long. He was the
most recent addition on the frozen terrain where
they lived.
She named him Snow Glow and he was the apple of
his mother’s eye. She kept him clean, dry, and well
fed for several months in which time he grew in size
from fourteen inches long and 2 pounds to the
size of a medium size dog come spring. ~
Not far from Snow Glow and his mother’s cave
was another mama polar bear, Natalie, who had
just given birth to her single baby girl cub named
Glacia at nearly the same time as Snow Glow's birth.
They were the new "Sea Bears" on the block so
to say because polar bear means ‘sea bear’’ The
cubs would spend the next three to four months
in their caves with their mothers.
Both cubs were Christmas babies and they were
loved and adored by their mamas.
The outside temperatures often hit well below
zero degrees Fahrenheit, and as low as negative
45 degrees Fahrenheit more times than not.
The cubs never felt cold or hungry in their den
when their mother was present because the
warmth from their mother provided heat and
warmth for them. ~
Snow Glow was a little bigger than Glacia, but
what she lacked in size she made up for in
bearing and attitude. She could nearly
everything that Snow Glow could do.
Snow Glow was just emerging from his cave
with his mother on this fine early spring day in
April.
The cold zapped his little baby nose as Arctic
air hit it mixed with the faintest hint of spring
warmth touching his fur.
He looked straight ahead and saw the giant
mountains of the Denali rising above him and his
mama.
His eyes looked higher and higher until his neck
strained with the effort, then he saw the giant
blue sky above and he suddenly sneezed! ~
The cold reached high into his nose and tickled
it until he giggled. He tried to follow in the
footsteps of mama but he had trouble, they were
headed up a slope and he slid backwards
tumbling in little somersaults back to their cave.
Little Glacia was finding it as difficult as Snow
Glow to follow her mother up the slope as well.
Starlight looked at Natalie, sighed and said,
"Well, it may be a while yet before we can
actually take these cubs somewhere because
there’s simply too much snow for them to get far
on, especially on the slopes." Both mothers
retraced their steps back to their caves with their
cubs and carefully closed the opening most of the
way to keep out the icy cold air from their dens. ~
Snow Glow loved the comfort of his cave den
and he loved all the undivided attention of his
mother.
They snuggled close together as another snow
storm besieged their habitat. Snow fell
light as air piling up more than ten feet and the
winds howled day and night.
It was a good thing Starlight had so thoughtfully
and instinctively ate an abundance of food in the
autumn before she went into hibernation.
She had eaten so well and so much that
she still had plenty of fat on her body to sustain
her while she nursed and raised her baby. She
was not so hungry that she must leave the den
and her cub to forage for food, she had time
to do that later when the snow melted a little
more.
~
Snow Glow spent his cub hood in joy and
happiness as he nestled into the warm thick fur of
Starlight as the days went by inside the cave.
The storms outside came and went but Snow
Glow only knew how happy his days were with
his mama in the warm cave den.
The days turned into weeks and Snow Glow
grew a little bigger with every day.
Then it was time for Starlight to venture out
of her den to inspect the area around her home
and her hunting grounds. Starlight looked at her
son and spoke to him in gentle grunts and
purring sounds saying, "You must stay here until
I return. Do not leave our home. I will be back as
soon as I can, you must wait here until I return. I
love you Snow Glow, be good." ~
Starlight left Snow Glow in the cave and gently
covered the hole that led into the cave to protect
Snow Glow from any predators that might try to
bother him.
She padded off toward the sea to find seals to eat
and other edible foods she enjoyed. She would be
back as soon as she could find food.
Snow Glow whimpered softly to himself in the
cave and began to entertain himself with various
activities.
First he played with his stubby little white furry
tail and chased it until he was too tired to
any more.
He looked about the big cave and his eyes
widened with wonder as his eyes followed every
shadow and shape cast upon the walls of the den
cave. ~
Suddenly he noticed that there was movement in
the cave with him.
Every time he moved, the ‘thing’ moved too.
If he went one way, the ‘thing’ went that way too.
If he moved the other way the ‘thing’ did as well.
Every time Snow Glow did anything at all the
‘thing’ would do it too. Snow Glow could not
understand what was happening. He decided to
play hide and seek with it. When he hid from the
‘thing’ it seemed to hide as well! "What in the world
was going on here?"
Snow Glow asked himself. It didn’t matter too
much now because he was too tired out to
care so long as the ‘thing’ didn’t bite him or
bother him.
Snow Glow fell softly to sleep in his warm
comfortable den. ~
When morning came Snow Glow woke up but
he had not forgotten about the ‘thing’ in his cave
with him. After he opened his eyes he sought the
‘thing’ that was with him in the cave.
Nothing moved. Maybe the ‘thing’ was alright
and not anything to be afraid of, so he peered into
the depths of his cave and tried with all his might
to be brave.
His nose trembled as he tried to smell out the
‘thing’ but he couldn’t detect anything unusual
there.
From that point on Snow Glow would not fear
the ‘thing’ that lived in his home with him and his
mother. ~
But he still liked to play with it when he
was lonesome. Then he suddenly realized that the
'thing' was only his shadow after all! The days
went by one by one, a week went by and then
another.
Snow Glow was getting very hungry and he
wanted his mother to come home now. Still she
did not come for a while longer.
Then Snow Glow woke up from a happy dream
when his mother nuzzled his face and licked him all
over with joy at seeing him again! He rolled over
onto his back and Starlight sniffed his little
tummy and then she licked it too. Snow Glow was
so happy he felt like he was in heaven.
Snow Glow said, "I am so hungry mama, can I
have some milk?" ~
Mama lay down so Snow Glow could get all the
milk he wanted. Then he fell fast asleep with his
round tummy full of warm milk.
His face was lit up with joy as he dreamed once
more.
Starlight took a deep sigh of relief, "Ah, home at
last with my little son, I am so happy to get
home." She pondered in her
mind the difficulties she had faced as she hunted
for food to keep her going for several more
months if necessary.
She had happened by a seal carcass that had
been eaten earlier by another polar bear. It was
very fortunate that the bear had left so much of
the seal for her to eat. She ate to her hearts
content, thoroughly cleaned her paws and face. ~
Then she lowered her face into the snow and
glided along it to get her soft fur as clean as
possible. Cool and refreshing was the
feeling besides a plump tummy full of nutritious
seal meat.
Then back to her den to see her baby, well, he
wasn’t quite a baby really now, but he was still
very small and he needed her about as much as
she needed him in her life.
The mother and child bond was like a twin
candle burning warm in their hearts.
Snow Glow woke up and peered up at his lovely
mother, he wanted to be just like her when he
grew up because she was so good, gentle and kind
to him. ~
A happy purr rose up out of his throat as he
playfully cuffed his mother on the nose with one
small paw.
Starlight pretended not to notice anything
unusual and proceeded to ignore the playful cuff.
Then Snow Glow rose up on his hind legs and
licked his mama on the nose several times.
He could smell the meat she had eaten but he
didn’t know what it was. He tried to hug his
mother but she was just too big
for him to get his paws around her neck so
he settled for a partial low down hug near her
lower chest instead.
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