That night, Emma double-checked the doors and windows, making sure everything was locked up tight. She even moved the trash bins farther away from the house, thinking that might discourage the bear from coming close to the building, since it might just have been searching for food inside the containers. As the sun set and the house settled into nightfall, Emma found herself listening for unusual sounds. Every creak of the old house made her jump. Still, when she finally drifted off to sleep, she tried to convince herself that the bear was gone for good and wouldn’t come back again. But she was mistaken.