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No. 1662: Ursine

There is a stage direction in The Winter's Tale: 'Exit, pursued by a bear.' You are invited to supply (maximum 16 lines of verse or 150 words of prose) an extract from an imaginary Shakespearian play beginning with the stage direction: 'Enter — , pursued by a bear.' Entries to 'Com- petition No. 1662' by 1 February.