You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying overhead and crapping on your head, but you can stop them from nesting in your hair.
Richard Gwyn
Writer and Translator
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Richard Gwyn is the author of Ricardo Blanco's Blog
Richard Gwyn 
What about bears?
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Well the bear isn’t nesting, is he? He’s climbing up the scaffolding to get to the nest and eat the eggs. That’s my reading of the situation, anyways.
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You are right, the bear is not nesting. Bears of grief could be a little too much.
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