Griffon shot awake in the lumbering presence of the biggest piece of meat he'd ever seen. Not unlike the pictures in the reference section of the bookstore. Filed under 'G'- right after "gawdamighty that's a big 'un", there was "Grizzly Bear".
He leapt from the carrier just in time to see his dogBear scooting off into the trees like the time the neighbor kids tried to stick bottle rockets where you want them lit them the least. Stupid, worthless dogs anyway.
He heard the banshee howl, and saw the pouty Persian astride the Shepherd. He would have laughed, if he hadn't seen this sight from between the hind legs of a swiftly retreating Grizz. Of course he zigged when he should of zagged. If you had met him in the bookstore, he would have been proud to walk you outside and show you the line from which he came. Father, Mother, and siblings, nothing remaining but greasy spots in the gutter along Main Street USA. Not one of them able to dodge anything more substantial than a Yugo, and something quite a bit more substantial was, pardon the pun, bearing down on him now.
Grizz's right foot came down on his tail. Yeowch to say the very least. He curled around and shredded the ankle that was all together too conveniently near his bum. The Grizz looked down at him, jumped back in surprise, and landed left foot right, square on to Monty's tail. In the time it takes a dog to eat breakfast, the bear was gone, and Griffon found himself staring into the eyes of the flattened python. The snake hissed a sigh, not unlike the air being let out of a tire, and collapsed to the ground. His tail, and the snake's now too, looked like designer paddle covers for the Olympic ping-pong teams.
Oh to go home!!! Dinner that was served instead of having to be caught and unwrapped, and his cozy little litterpan nestled in amongst the Danielle Steele novels. They needed to get out of here, and how. These thoughts unfurled in his head like so many rolls of toilet paper as he wandered around to check on the remaining travelers. Everyone was okay, in their fear they'd all shed enough hair to build another Grizz, but they were all in one piece.