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Heavy snow could start falling as early as Thursday morning in the mountains of San Bernardino and Riverside counties, including at Big Bear, with 2 to 6 inches possible at 6,500 feet; 6 to 12 inches at 7,000 to 8,000 feet; and 12 to 18 inches above 8,000 feet.

Penelope was fully prepared to fend off a bear with a stick, carve a canoe out of a fallen tree trunk, and teach long division with acorns, but if there should be a violent storm during the night, she did not think she would be able to manage without hiding under the covers of her bedroll, and what would the children think of that?

She slashed her tusks and kicked her hind flippers and dragged the bear with her.

It will take a bit of explaining, so please bear with me.

“He said, ‘Bear with me — it’s all going to be all right,’” Bonneville recalls.