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Short Affair challenge 11 December 2017 (Nerve. Purple)

Exit, pursued by a bear

Exit, pursued by a bear
"There’s no choice. You’ll have to climb the tree.” Illya made a step with his knee and half threw Napoleon up to catch the nearest bough, so that he was then able to swing himself up and onto it. He sat waiting as Illya swarmed up the trunk to join him.
“OK, ready?”
“What, further?”
“Of course. They’ll see us here.”
“Are you sure there isn’t squirrel in your ancestry?”
“There’s obviously none in yours. Come on, even you can manage the next branch.”
Hidden among the leaves, and hardly breathing, they heard the search party stop below them. There were three of them. “I think they’ve got away,” said one pessimist.
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