Chasing Bears

An interesting news was published in The Star today:

Kosmo! reported that a food stall owner in Jeli, Kelantan, had the shock of her life when she came face to face with a bear in the kitchen scraping rice from a pot.

Zabidah Yusuf, 52, said she had just finished her isya’ prayers and had gone into the kitchen when she saw the animal with the rice pot in its paws.

Stunned by her appearance, the bear scampered out through the front door, carrying the rice pot with it.

Zabidah said her husband, Mohd Asri Mat San, 42, and several customers who were at a table outside the stall screamed when they saw the animal dashing past them.

After the initial shock, they gave chase and retrieved the pot. The bear disappeared into the jungle not far from the shop at Batu 18, off the East-West Highway.

Mohd Asri said it was the second time since April that the bear had made its unwelcome visit to the shop.

The last time, it carried away a sack of rice.

After the initial shock, why the heck were they chasing after the BEAR for the rice pot??!!!

Now mind you, i doubt that the bear was a kiut kiut kawaii baby panda bear eating rice with chopsticks.

Picture taken from Pandafix and here.

It was most probably a sun bear with huge-ass claws that it uses to scrap the rice.

Picture taken from MSN Encarta

At the worst, the bear could probably look something like this:

What could have prompted them to chase a ferocious bear for a RICE POT??!!!

Perhaps they were starving to death and the rice was all they had left. Perhaps there was a million dollars hidden in the rice pot.

Or perhaps it was a 24-karat gold Rice Cooker that produces endless rice supply and promises great wealth to its owner.

Life's lesson: Don't chase a bear for an ordinary rice pot. Its not worth it.