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Ashleigh went to Alaska intent on photographing brown bears as families. This was the moment she had been waiting for, a mother leading two cubs across the beach. One of them wanted to stay and play. ...

They color, they play pretend, they ride bikes. The little girl even stops her school bus to give the bear one last hug. Fittingly, Pearl Bailey’s “Best of Friends” song from Disney’s ...