This is one of the many short stories that people tell each other countless of times in various of ways.
And like some of those fictional stories, this one also happens to be based on actual every day event that took place in Sweden, the summer of 1850.
Like many other such events, real or imaginary, it might change a tiny bit with each generation re telling it in their very own way
(this particular event was for instance once made famous as a Swedish children's song, 'Mors lilla Olle', by Alice Tegner, as well as a poem by Wilhelm von Braun).
But at its core I am sure its every iteration remain quite faithful towards what actually happened that summers day
when the little boy named Olle befriended a wild Brown Bear and her two little cubs deep inside that old Swedish forest.
Enjoy this tale that sprung forth the untamed home of Norse Vikings.
Photography, and writing by Mike Koontz
This short bed time story book also includes the original Swedish poem by Swedish poet, Wilhelm von Braum
2015, a Norse View Imaging and Publishing
