the bears were swiping at the river getting nowhere Look I said to the bears the salmon are all gone because of I pointed that factory upstream What factory they said so I explained it makes the parts that go inside refrigerators specifically the lights when you open the door late at night with a craving perhaps for something sweet Let me show you I said but they refused to follow me home they knew I was sent from the state that’s why I carried a gun and just then a salmon jumped right into one of their mouths See they said There’s no factory There’s no factory I must admit they made their case I nearly felt myself swayed toward a kind of belief not in them or their world but something that bordered on love the lucky bear smiled while holding his prize in his teeth waiting to be mobbed by his friends