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with her dog. At her campsite, she chides Ben for giving up too easily on his dreams: of a singing career quashed by a teacher's harsh remarks, and a novel for which he failed to find a publisher. Ben spends the night with her. The next morning, Samantha has arrived earlier than expected, and Ben
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the surface. Ben remembers that his father had said to him as a child that anyone who searched for Grumps would "know him when you see him"; Ben is satisfied that he has, and returns home. He and
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he ultimately sets out from
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motorcycle. The narrator notes that Ben's fiancée, Samantha Pierce, despises motorcycles, but he buys it. Finishing a
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fortune to any child who managed to find one, strengthens his resolve to symbolically resume his search for Grumps.
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successfully treated his cancer years before; he tells Ben that if he's unsure if he's in love, he isn't.
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on a wager of a case of beer. His adventure seems reasonable by comparison, so he resumes it.
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as a fellow hiker who finds Ben in the forest in Banff. Veteran actor
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