Bear with Me by Bob Scott for March 11, 2019

Dirt’s pretty old.

At least they’re not fighting. Yet.

Time for the yelling to start.

I’m older than my brothers, but I look younger than them.

I am not old. The person in the mirror is.

One brother? That makes him the ‘older’ one not the ‘oldest’ one. Yes?

This bear reminds me of Jethro, big for his age.

I am older and I am also the first an shortest of them. Hair went white before I was 25.

Watch it, bear.

People always guess my age ten to twenty years low. I tell them to get their eyes checked, and that flattery is cheap and insulting.