The way to go down the Helmock Mountain Now Joenuson started to go down the Helmock Mountain as fast as he could but the Helmock Mountain was very big . only the sound which was coming out was the sound of Joenuson ' s footstep . When he looked backwards he saw only his big footsteps . Well it may be big for him . ..... The Mountain was very quiet . Joenuson tried to make him brave as saying this . " There is no bears in Helmock Moutain , Absoulutely no , no no no . " He reapeated that two more times . Joenuson walked down faster than he climbed the mountain . When he looked backwards , only his footsteps were on the snow . Nothing eles . He was alone in the big woods . He heard a strange noise . droop droop droop droop droop droop Joenuson thought that it was soon spring . " Oh no , it is spring . " Emma auntie house When it was nearly spring he thought about the bears in Helmock Mountain he began to go down faster . The heat was stronger . There were sound coming from everywhere to tell Joenuson it is spring . ln Joenuson ' s boots there wasn ' t any sound because all the snow melted . Joenuson finally reached Emma auntie ' s house . The hungry birds were tapping on the door to go in and have some food . Joenuson looked at his pocket . There were some bread crumbs left so he spread it in the ground and the birds started to eat it like mad . He went to the backdoor . He knocked on the door so he could get the pot . what a big noise that was . He didn ' t felt alone now . He came to his auntie ' s house . How amazing ! Joenuson felt he was brave to come over the Helmock Mountain . He was very proud of herself . When auntie Emma opened the door she gasped in a surprizement . " Oh ! Joenuson ! What are you doing in this cold night ? Come in here quickly and dry yourself , if you are hungry l can give you some cookies if you want me too . " Joenuson went inside the house . lt was very cozy and warm . he wwent to the kitchen and smelled the yummy cookies inside the oven . lt was really hard to be nice because he did not want his auntie to know that he was really hungry . Auntie Emma asked him . " Why did you come here my darling ? " Joenuson answered " I wanted to see you auntie Emma . " Joenuson only thought about the hunger that he is having right now . The black cat came by him and rubbed its fur to his leg . Joenuson patted it gently . " So you came here only to see me ? but did you came here alone because if you did the . ....." Joenuson knew she would say that the bears were living there . He was quite afraid of hearing that word . Suddenly he smelled some cookies in the kitchen . " Wow ! I smell something good auntie Emma . " " Oh my goodness you just went over the big mountain . you must be very tired . Would you mind eatiing one of my cookies ? " " Yes please , thank you very much . " He was worried that if auntie Emma will only bring one cookie . But that was an useless thought . She brought plenty of the cookies for him to eat . She brought some milk too . The cookies were scrumcious . It was not as delicious as the cookies that his mom makes but it was plenty for him . Whith the rocking chair , he fell asleep while he was drinking the milk . Uh oh . ...... His mom has to make the stew but how can she make it without the pot . The clock is trying to tell him that it is late but poor Joenuson was asleep soundly . How will his mom feel if he is not coming . What if he meet the bears ? Auntie Emma didn ' t know what to do because it was not a manner to wake him up . Auntie Emma just left him alone to sleep . So the day went pass . What if there is a bear The time passed and Joenuson was still sleeping on the rocking chair . Tick Tock the time is running by . Even though the clock shouted that the time is running by Joenuson kept on sleeping . Soon or later the big black cat woke up and roared like a lion . Then Joenuson woked up too . What a alarm . First Joenuson was curious the place where he was in . he remembered quickly because he was smart . " Oh no , What will mommy say . I need to hurry . " Joenuson started to leave . He left the house . Suddenly , he turned back and went inside the house again . " Auntie Emma I forgot what my mom said . I had to bring the pot that you have so my mom can cook stew . I am really sorry . stupid Joenuson . " He hit himself and he went on his way again . Becareful Joenuson Joenuson climbed the steep hill . He was really scared and frghtened . His footsteps were bigger because the snow was already melting . The heavy pot was making Joenuson walk really slow . Poor Joenuson . What if he met a bear which was very hungry . It was all dark and the trees looked like a monster trying to scare Joenuson . Boom ! The tree branched that had fallen sounded like a gun fireing a bear . Hoo Hoo ! The sound of the owl was so lonely . Joenuson started to reamember the bears in Helmock Mountain . He said something that he always say . " There . ... is . .. no . .. bears . .. in . .. Helmock . .. Mountain . .. Absoulutly no . .. no . . no . .. no . .." Joenuson was out of breath . After he rested he said the sentences again . There . . is . . no . . bears . . in . . Helmock . . Mountain . . Becareful , Becareful ! please ! What is that two eyes inside that bush . Could it be a bear ? The thing came closer and closer . ..... Yes , it is a bear , a scary bear . He put the big pot over him and went inside the snow . What a smart thing to do . The pot looked really safe inside . He stayed still until the bear went away . The footsteps of the animal The bear came with a loud footstep noise . When the footsteps got closer his hair went straight off in the air . All the thought about his family were making him more sad . He wondered if the bears knew if it was spring . He said this again to cheer him up since the bear was right next to him . " There is no bears in Helmock Mountain . Absoulutly no . No No No " He knew that it was not true . The footsteps stoped suddenly . Joenuson heard the breath of the bears . It sounded like a monster roaring for him . Over the breath of the bear he heard some birds chirping , and other animal waking up in there hibernations . Joenuson relized that there were wome animals behind some of the bushes . Joenuson was not alone right now . Maybe the bears knew that too . They just stayed there watching the pot , not bothering to look what is under the pot . Well , he was glad they didn ' t . Then he heard a voice which was very familiar to him . " Joenuson , where are you . " Joenuson shouted back . " I am overa here . " I wonder how the daddy can here the sentence that he made . The voice came back . " Joenuson where are you . " " I am over here daddy . " The bears were quite sure about that . They moved their big bodies and went inside the forest . The bears exist in the Helmock Mountain Joenuson pulled the pot away and got up . There was no bears now . His dad and his uncles were coming up the mountain with guns on their back . Joenuson never felt so happy when he met his uncles . His dad shouted " What were you doing . We were afraid we lost you . " " I went over the helmock Mountain . " Joenuson answered . Daddy hugged him so tightly that he couldn ' t breathe . His dad looked at the upside down pot and said " What happend , why is this pot turned over ? " " There is a bear in Helmock Mountain . " When Joenuson said tha Daddy said " No way ! It can ' t be true . " " Then why do you have your gun and look at theese footsteps . This is a bear footsteps . " Everybody shouted yes . The uncles went inside to catch the bears and Joenuson and his dad went home to see his lovely mother . When they got home , his mother came out of the house and she hugged him . Joenuson said " Mother , there is a bear in the Helmock Mountain and this is the pot that was brought over the Helmock Mountain . " Hes mother was so happy to see him that she didn ' t mind of anything . The uncles catched some bear so they had a bear meat and had a great time . The first The bears on Helmock Mountain Joenuson Joenuson lived in a grey house which was in the Helmock Mountain . Helmock Mountain was not really a mountain , it was just a high hill but when someone called it Helmock Mountain the words got stuck into there mouth . Now everyone says " Going over the Helmock Mountain " easely . Joenuson was only eight years old when he climbed over the mountain . Joenuson was giant to be eight years old . That is why his mother thought he could go over the mountain . That winter was extreamly cold . Even though it was early spring there were piles of snow . These days birds , squiells , bunny rabbits and any other animals could not find its food easly . So Joenuson always had food in his pocket . I hope he is not wasting all the food . Joenuson loved the animals so much . He knew every footsteps of the animals . How smart ? Joenuson ' s uncles and aunts and his cousins always go to the grey stone house because food was always made when they come . They like sitting by the cracking fire and eat their lovely foods . The dinner was always wondeful . Roasted chicken was always yummy . goose and duck beef was always on the clean table . Potatoes , turnips , carrots and onions were in it . Of coarse there were pupkin pies and juices and for children cookies were always prepared . Joenuson ' s mom loved her family coming over sometimes , but other times she didn ' t want them to be in a empty stomack and come over . Do you think she is going to be tired My Last Uncle James Joenuon loved his uncles very much . He loved his aunts and cousins too . Since he had so many cousins and aunts and uncles they can line up by the door and by the backdoor . Joenuson liked his uncles but he liked uncle James the best . Uncle James was only fourteen years so they can always be friends . Uncle James had clear ears an eyes . " Look Joenuson , there is a rabbit in that hollow . " By the tree there was a little brown rabbit wipping its ears as if it was about to go out for a date . Uncle James said " Ssh , do you hear that ? That is a mountain hedge sparrow . Look at his funny face with funny shaped beak . Do you know what it is saying . I think it is saying that you are a cute and a handsome boy . " They heard the mounain hedge sparrow sing . It said the same song everytime . " Tweet ! Tweet ! Joenuson is nice ! " Joenuson and uncle James went by the lake . " Uncle James , what animal do you think we will find ? " " We will find about that soon enough . " uncle James said . They made their ears pointy like a Jack rabbit and waited for a sound to come inside their ears . Finally a racoon came with a apple in its mouth . " Joenuson , look over there . Don ' t make any sound . " Uncle James said . Joenuson looked cauefully as if he was being chased . The racoon was now holding it . He put the apple inside the nearby lake . It did it again and again . Uncle James said in a low voice . " Maybe the racoon likes food being wet . " The two of them always did everything toether . They always brighten their ears and eyes . That was a good exercise for him . They never throw rocks and sticks at the animals that they know . Among them , their best animal friend was the squaill . They always came by them and they got some nuts from them . How amazing ! Joenuson asked " Uncle James did you ever saw a bear ? " Uncle James answered in a proud voice . " Yes but it was a very long time ago . " " How much ? " " When you were not part of this world . " " I wish I can see a bear for really . " " You will see it anyday in your life . " The story was ended but Joenuson ' s head was filled with bears , nothing eles . The big and the heavy pot If there were many aunts and uncles there wil be a lot of cousins . Joenuson has hundreds of cousins . Soon there will be a Baptsem for the cousins who were born . Joenuson ' s cousins , aunts and uncles will come to the baptsem . His cousin ' s thought after the baptsem they would love to go to grey stone house and eat dinner . When two or three people came it was nice . If five or six people came it was nice but there will be twenty people who is coming . " What ! Twenty people ! How am I able to prepare the foods for twenty people . " Joenuson ' s mother sighed . Then Joenuson ' s dad said out his opinion . " How about cooking a pot of stew then make cookies for them to fill there bellies . " Joenuson ' s mother answered in a joyful voice . " What a great idea . " Joenuson ' s mother made a lot of differnt shaped cookies . Triangles , circles , bears , birds and other shapes that you can find . After a while , she said again . " It is a good idea but where ever are you going to find a big pot to make the stew for twenty three people . " Daddy said in a low tone of voice . " I didn ' t think of that . Everydat after my work I feel so tired and hungry . " That was so true . Everyday Joenuoson ' s dad had to cut trees for the fire to get warm . Joenuson helped his dad by carring the tree logs that Joenuson ' s father had cut . Joenuson ' t mother only thought about the big pot . Suddenly mother shouted . " Yes , Joenuson , over the Helmock Mountain your Auntie Emma lives there and there is a big pot there , l am sure you saw it . ...." Joenuson answerd , " l never saw it . you must be daydreaming . " Mommy said again . " Well then , You will see it today . Your father is to busy to go . Can you borrow the pot please ? " " Me ? ln the Helmock Mountain , there live a bear , which people says . " " It is all a sill story that people made up . When I go over the Helmock Mountain I niver saw a bear . if there is a bear , the bear will be hibernating . But there is not a bear . " " The pot is heavy for me to hold and in spring the bears will wake up . " " Joenuson you are a big boy . Just shut your mouth and go . Get your things for outings and go out the door . " So Joenuson did what he was told to do . " Bring it as fast as you can Joenuson . Do not stop while you are going . I need to make the stew early in the morning . " Ahain Joenuson did what he was told . He made his body warm since it was early spring . he put some foods for the animals in case they are hungry . Joenuson went by the door . Boom ! on the top of the snow there was a big footstep which was made by Joenuson ' s boots . He got everything and set off on his adventures to the mountain . The Way to go up the Helmock Mountain When Joenuson ' s appearance wasn ' t being seen mommy began to worry if there was a bear in Helmock Mountain of not . She baked cookies to forget all the thoughts of that scary and spooky things . While mother was baking the cookies Joenuson was all alone in the mountain . The animals greeted him but his heart didn ' t . Whe he looked backwards he only saw his footprints . When he reached the top of the mountain he sat on a lot to catch his breath . He took out the foods for the animals to eat . It was time for Joenuoson to fo down the mountain . What an adventure .