Canada, Big Foot and Hippie

What to say? It has been a very strange week for me being in the Canada. After Kjartan go back to Norway in boat I spend some days with Johnny and his family, which was nice. He tells me many story about the Canada and give me nice idea for the places to visit. On Sunday morning a man rings doorbell to Johnny family house. He has got the long hair and the big beards and is smiling the whole time. He say he has the flat wheel and ask if the Johnny family help fix his van.

When Johnny help out, the man explain his name is Carson and that he drive around all the days in his old van trying to meet the creature Sasquatch. Johnny say no thing as Sasquatch exists and Carson get a bit sulky, saying they do and that he see it many times. I ask Johnny wife about the Sasquatch and she explain it is some kind of the big foot, that lives in the Canada, but she say that maybe it does not exist. She also explain that maybe Carson is the hippie and a little bit crazy! Why I always meet crazy people with the monsters?

Once flat wheel is fixed I speak to Carson and ask if I can go with him looking for the Sasquatch? He looking at me like suspicious until I tell him about playing the Tictac boxes for music. This he think is great! Carson play a bit of the tambourine, and say he used to play in the bands. After I say the good-bye to Johnny family we start to drive off. The van is old and make the loud sounds and go a bit slow. Carson have bed in van and live there when not driving. I ask Carson where we go to find this the big foot. He look at me in mystery, tap his nose with finger, and say he can smell it where we go. I asked then maybe if he should open the window so that he can better smell where to go, but he get cross and tell me to not ask the questions like that.

After many days, just driving around in beautiful Canada, we have to get the petrol for van but Carson has no money either. He ask maybe we can pay in Tictac? I have better idea. We start to play music in front of petrol station and ask for the money from people. Carson show me tambourine, which is broken but make funny sound (he must have been in strange bands). Canadian peoples are very friendly and give lots of money. Even petrol station woman give $5! Soon we have the petrol and are off again.

After few hours we stop for eating the lunch. Carson cook the beans in back of van and make everything smelly! After eating he ask if Micha play the game poker. I say no but ask, can he teach me? He show me and I think it very simple game. But Micha has no money! Carson say it doesn’t matter because we can use the Tictac for the chips. Great idea!

We play some practice games then Carson say we play for who does washing up of lunch. I say OK but I am not sure. Washing up of beans very messy. Carson very messy! Then I get idea – I keep extra Tictac in pocket, and when Carson not look, I take out, so have many the chips for play. After win, Carson get sulky but does washing up while I write the letter for Micha family. That evening we drive on, towards hunting the Sasquatch. Carson is very excited and say he can smell the big foot strongly now, but all Micha can smell is beans for the lunch. For rest if week we drive around, following Carson nose, but no Sasquatch anywhere. I am beginning to think maybe Carson IS the crazy..

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Micha fight the bear

Micha very excited! This morning we arrive in harbour called Cap-Chat in big area called the Quebec in Canada. Finally in the Canada after long sailing. Micha happy to be back on the land. It take two hours before I stop moving around like I am on the seas. I walk around with Kjartan to find the telephone box to make call to the cousin of Kjartan. Everybody here speak language I never hear and I ask Kjartan, is it the Canadian? He say in Quebec almost everybody speak the French, but rest of Canada most peoples speak the English. For little while I think maybe Kjartan trick me and sail to France and not Canada! In Uzbekistan we speak many the languages, so maybe Canada and Uzbekistan not so different place?

Kjartan cousin pick us up in big truck and we drive to his house out in country. His name is Jean-Luc and he is friendly and speaking a little English.

When we get to house Jean-Luc say we go catch the big elk in forest, for the dinner. I am very hungry after eating only strange food from the tins on boat, and I am not sure how we catch this elk to eat. Perhaps we need a net? Is the elk like the kraken? Then Kjartan and Micha surely get very scared again!

Jean-Luc take out guns and say we go hunting. I never go hunting before, so I pack boxes of the Tictac and a warm sweaters. We walk around in big Canadian forest for many hours then suddenly Jean-Luc say we all be quiet because he has seen the elk. He tell us to spread out and wait. I go and hide behind a big rock and try to hold my breath to be not making a sound. After a few minutes I see two the big animals walk towards me. It must be the elk! But Jean-Luc has said to be quiet and I don’t want to get shot so I am very still. The elks come all the way up to me and stands there looking at Micha with big eyes. I think maybe they want a Tictac to eat so to make friends with the elk. I put out hand with some Tictacs and elk picks up with big slobbering tongue. It seem to like the Tictac so I give them more and we hang out for the little while. Then out of corner of eyes I see Jean-Luc who is waving hand to say move away! He is pointing gun straight at me and elks! But elks see him too and run really fast into woods before he can shoot. I think maybe Jean-Luc get angry (and he is with the gun!) but he just laugh and say it is OK, there is the other food in house.

We start to walk home and it is nice because I am very cold, but near to Jean-Luc house we see a bear. It look angry and mean and come straight for Micha with mouth open. Everyone shouting and scared! The bear is stretching the arms to try and catch me but I duck and it miss. I turn around to the escape when I drop the boxes Tictac on forest ground from pockets. They make the big rattling noise like when I play drums with boxes and the bear stop and look confusing and then go away with tail between the legs! I am still a bit scared and Kjartan look like he been crying again!

Jean-Luc pick up the boxes Tictac and say maybe he bring one with him next time he go hunting to stop the bear. He ask which flavour is best for stopping bear. I say I think maybe the cherry taste because the box is red and my uncle Sherzodbek looking a bit like bear and scared of colour red.

After we eat the dinner with Jean-Luc and his family he bring out accordion and ask me to show him how I play the music with the boxes Tictac. I only know one Canadian music that is the Avril Lavigne but Jean-Luc say he don’t know how to play it. I ask him if maybe we go visit Avril Lavigne and she teach him the music but he say that is difficult. Hmm maybe I will meet her some other day. Micha like Avril Lavigne.

Tonight I fall asleep easy, because it is tired going for the hunting and being chased by the bear. Tomorrow Kjartan go home to Norway but Jean-Luc say I can stay for some days to explore the Canada.

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