Cat in the Rain Essay

bothered you not for you loved feeling the gritty and grimy texture against your skin. You would lather yourself with the dusty scent if you could, replace the unnatural fragrance of fruity shampoo and fresh soap with an earthy one of moss and grass, rain, and dew. Nature always had that effect on you, urging you and calling you, maturing a desire in you to bury yourself deep below the ground, to nurture and grow. You thought of yourself as a seed as a child, ready to sprout like a flower once…

At recess, Mr. Ansel, a German man, was riding to go to the market. Annabelle and her best friend Ruth went up to go say hello and pet the horses. Ruth was a little anxious to pet the horses, because, unlike Annabelle, the only animal Ruth had was a cat. Then, without warning, Ruth was on the ground, blood spilling out of her eye, stunned. When it finally sank in, she was screaming like her life depended on it. She was hit by a rock that came from the tree-covered hill above them. “The rock that…

Even though diseases and death are inevitable to control over a war zone, the conditions for the soldiers of World War One was to blame because amended conditions would have lowered the casualties and some soldier’s diaries express the same interest. Medicine, disease, and death are a crucial aspect of World War One. Trench Warfare and ships seemed to be the most impacted. Trench warfare is a form of combat in which opposing sides fight a few hundred yards away in trenches that face each other.…

The Battle of Passchendaele, or the Third Battle of Ypres, was a campaign fought in World War I by the Allies, namely the British Empire and France, and Germany. The campaign began on 31 July 1917, lasting until 6 November of that year, when Passchendaele fell to the Allies. Its impetus can be found in the long-term background preceding it, such as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the alliance system, the Schlieffen Plan, and trench warfare which resulted in a war of attrition; as…

Censorship, defined as the “suppression of ideas and information that certain persons— individuals, groups or government officials—find objectionable or dangerous,” by the American Library Association, occurs every day. Many people think of censorship as a tool utilized by governments to control their citizens, but it occurs much more frequently than that. What people never realize is that the everyday scrutiny and judgement that we place on each other and our ideas is just as if not more…

After only a day together, Jim has gained enough trust in Huck to tell him his secret and felt enough affection for him to attempt to protect his young friend. His willingness to assert himself to Huck is another sign of his level of comfort around the boy, doubtless garnered through his previous acquaintance with him. They are at the very least equals in Jim’s eyes, and probably in Huck’s eyes as well. In the next episode, we see that although Huck is beginning to respect Jim, he is still…

~Sticking to the Script~ I. Felicitous I let out a long sigh as I walked along the beach’s crowded boardwalk, alone. Johanna, my twenty-four year old sister, had pulled me here an hour earlier to have a fun night together (her words, not mine). I was honestly just as happy, if not more, to sit home and do absolutely nothing but lay across my bed eating pizza without any human interactions. I was going to save my social tolerance for her wedding in half a week, but I…

and jittered along the edges, her whole intention to create a scene as crowds below openly gawked at her display of perceived precariousness. And although not entirely adoring the rapt attention she received from bystanders, Orlana found the game of cat and mouse one of amusement, especially if she got to play the clever fox hidden under the guise of a naked mouse. Especially if no one ever knew her face, still veiled under a peasant’s…

Simon is six years old and lives in Burlington, ON, with his mommy, daddy, brother, and sister. He loves Minecraft and his siblings (in that order). Simon enjoys karate. My cat is afraid of bats. The bat likes scaring my cat. Chloe lives in Richmond Hill, ON. She likes swimming and sports. Chloe likes lovely things such as gold and silver cups. When she grows up, she wants to be a pet doctor. Witches at night I don't like them They try to spook you Creepy spiders Hiding too! Valerie lives in…

adulteress was forgiven her sin because, seeing a dog suffering from thirst, she tied her shoe to her garment and lowered it into a well, to draw up water for the dog. It was said that He loved cats and kept one Himself. In the Hadith it tells of a time when Muhammad cut off His own sleeve, rather than disturb the cat who was sleeping on it. “He was endlessly patient. The Qur’an enjoins patience in over seventy passages. It states: ‘How goodly the reward of those who labor, who patiently endure,…