Chapter 5 Into the Wilderness

大自然へ
This small bear is only a few weeks old.
 Until now, her life has been
in the warm underground den where she
暖かい地下の洞窟の中
was born.
 But now she is making her first trip outside with her
mother

into the wilderness that she must learn to make her
home.
作る事



Other bear families are also moving down
〜から降りて移動す
る
from the mountains.
During the winter the baby bears drank
〜の間
much of their mothers’ milk, but the
mothers haven’t eaten anything.
They are very hungry and hurry through the
snow to find food.


The bear cubs see salmon-packed rivers
for the first time.
鮭で一杯になった川
初めて
But many other bears come from far away to
these rivers.
遠くから
Salmon is just the kind of food that these
丁度〜食料と言えるもの
bears need, especially the mothers, who have
been feeding their cubs during the winter
. ずっと餌を与えてきた（母乳）



However, catching salmon is not easy. It is a skill
that bears have to learn by watching
ねばならない〜によって
experienced hunters.
経験豊かな
So the cubs stay close to watch their mother
近くにいる見る為に
fish, but the noisy river is scary for the small
魚を捕る大きな音を立てている
bears.


Their mother uses all of her energy to catch
採る
為に
a quick and slippery salmon.
すばしこく滑りやすいサケ
And when their mother returns with a fish for
〜時
the cubs, they eagerly enjoy their first salmon.
夢中になって


Then the mother leads her cubs away from
導く
〜から引き離す
the river, and the bears begin to enjoy the
〜し始める
wilderness.
For the next two years, their mother will
この後２年間
protect them and teach them about their new
world.

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