Touching Spirit Bear Chapter 8 Summary

  • Cole totally plans to kill Spirit Bear, but then the bear lunges at him and knocks him down with a blow. Cole collapses as the bear jumps onto him and rakes him with its claws.
  • Then the bear bites him in the leg and lifts him up. Even though Cole manages to stab the bear, it just seems to clamp down tighter and he feels his pelvis crack. Yikes.
  • The bear continues to attack and Cole feels himself growing weaker and weaker. He screams at it to stop, and Spirit Bear shoves him in the chest. He feels his ribs break. Ouch.
  • After all that, the bear just stands over Cole and looks at him for a while, then it walks away and leaves him alone.
  • Cole is bleeding badly and can't move. He wonders if he's going to die as he watches the seagulls fight over torn pieces of his own flesh.
  • He doesn't know what to do and how he's going to survive. His arm is obviously broken, and night is quickly approaching.
  • Then he starts throwing up the fish he just ate—good times—and ends up passing out from the pain and exhaustion.
  • When he wakes up a few hours later, Cole can see his vomit and looks around the island. There's no one around, which means he's going to have to figure this situation out all by himself. Otherwise he'll die.