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By Richard Pope
Me n Len is a hot and humourously nostalgic glance again at existence int he backwoods of Ontario within the "good outdated days." The atmosphere is the agricultural zone of japanese Haliburton, Ontario, within the a long time ahead of the chainsaw and the outboard motor grew to become the commons ounds during this appealing area of significant Canada. the most personality is a grizzled and adorable 82-year-old trapper and woodsman named Len who takes the reader throughout the adventures in his reminiscence to satisfy the folks of his previous. The tales he tells and how he tells them are usually humorous, occasionally poignant, yet constantly packed with an unforgettable down-to-earth philosophy.
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Was I supposed to drag it somewhere, start skinning it, or what? I resolved that since I had no idea where I should drag it to or how to clean and skin it, I would simply wait for Len. But then I got to thinking about what I should do if I just grievously wounded a deer. What if it started to crawl around in agony, blood streaming down its sides and mortal anguish in its large brown eyes. Do deer cry? While myriad scenarios were rushing through my mind, I suddenly heard a twig snap. Instantly alert, I smoothly slipped the safety off just in case.
Yeah. Anyway, the bear, he jumped from the top of this den down onto the ground and by that time Jim had another shell in the barrl. He didn't miss him the second time. I said, 'Make damn sure. Give it to im,' and Chris' he just, old bear just took a somersault right around, right upside down. It was a big big hide it was. An that was SSG. Knocked him stiff. ' And I says, 'Let's take a look at the den,' and by gol it was a nice place. Dry, up high enough off the ground that he's dry, and all dry leaves in there.
Thought it was beef. Fred, he made some money out a them there for three, four summers. I helped him get the deer and I got my share of meat for my parents. Helped eat a lot of it too. Course I never sold any myself... "Now you take Fred's father-in-law, old man Kidd, ol Watt Kidd - he was a school teacher lived down at Kidd's Corners. Quite a hunter. Kept lots of dogs. Used to hunt out around Eel's Lake and Big Monmouth. Knew the country around there for miles, ya know. He used to take his meat up to Bancroft, peddle it up there.