Short Story Of The Appalachian Mountain Bear

Long ago, in the Appalachian Mountain region, there was Bear. He was the greatest and mightiest of all bears. One morning he woke up to go get some food from the nearby stream when this big thunderstorm made him get lost. Bear ended up far from his home and there were animals he’s never seen before. They were bigger, meaner, and stronger. A rhino came up to him and asked why was he there. Bear told him what happened and the rhino said “Follow me my friend, I will take you back to the mountains.” So Bear started to follow him. He asked the rhino what’s his name and the rhino said, ”Just call me Rhino.” They walked for awhile and the air got thinner and the atmosphere around them got darker. “This doesn’t look like the way back
home, where are we going?” asked Bear. Rhino replied slyly “Trust me, I know where we are going.” They kept walking and it started to get dark so they laid down to rest for the night. Bear heard something in the middle of the night and got up. Rhino was gone but he thought nothing of it. He called out “Rhino, where are you?” There was no reply. He heard leaves rustling behind him. Bear turned around quickly. He couldn’t see anything. Suddenly, Rhino jumped out of the darkness scaring Bear. He started laughing and Bear asked “Why are you laughing?” Rhino said “Look around, does this look like the mountains?” Before Bear could even reply, Rhino charged at him at full speed. He tried to dodge him but it was too late and Rhino’s horn pierced through his skull and killed him. The next day, Rhino was returning home and then around him got cloudy, but it wasn’t any ordinary clouds. It was like sheets of mist and he could only see a few feet ahead of him. He heard a voice speaking to him from all around him. It said “You killed me, I am the mightiest and greatest of my kind. You and everyone in your region will be cursed with this misty cloud every morning until the world perishes. Hence, this is how fog was formed.