Cheetah

In the beginning At 7am on 26th August 1943 in a place called Rose Cottage at School Green, Thornton, Bradford, something stirred. It was me. My mother, Hilda, had been waiting for my arrival for the past nine months and now was the time for my big entrance into the world, and, oh boy, I just couldn’t wait. My grandmother, Nellie, had held a deep fear of hospitals all her life and although my mother was an only child, she just could not bring herself to accompany my mother to hospital. So a…

“The name is Sherlock Holmes and the address is 221B Baker Street.” (Moffat) This is where we start our story, with a name and an address. If you ask random people “Who is Sherlock Holmes?” most will tell you that he is the greatest detective to ever live. While this statement is taken for fact all around the world, unfortunately the great Mister Holmes has always been fiction. It is like calling the lion who lives in savannas the king of the jungle. The actuality in these labels maybe lacking,…

would love to do for a career. There are a lot of championship tournaments that they have to participate in and they have to finish in the top percentile. During these tournaments you can earn a lot of money, and some of these tournaments are shark, cheetah, and badger championship. The biggest tournament is the US open championship, during this tournament the winner gets paid fifty thousand dollars. If the athlete bowls a 300 game on TV they will get a ten thousand dollar bonus and if they…

him rehab a knee following a rugby injury, that Pistorius was introduced to the track. His rise in the sport came quickly. In January 2004, he competed in his first 100-meter race; nearly eight months later, Pistorius, wearing a pair of Flex-Foot Cheetahs, a light-weight carbon fibre foot, and captured the gold medal in the 200-meter race at the 2004 Athens…

I was just going on a plane to Albuquerque, New Mexico and I didn’t know what laid ahead of me. My father, was part of the United Air Force so I had to move around a lot with him. I was just a shy fourteen-year-old with a wide nose, high cheekbones, and a thin and frail body. I never really thought about going into the army as it really never matched my shy and kind personality. The middle school that I went to in Afghanistan was a small hut where children sat down on the floor and learned…

The Disaster in Sheng Ming There was once a poor mortal child named Lian Fang and she was a homeless girl who lived in Ancient China. She had no family and was desperate; hoping to be saved. Finally, when she was about 10 years old, she got adopted by a kind family that lived in Sheng Ming. This particular family that adopted her was made up of a rather interesting combination. There was a father who is the God of Justice and Integrity, a kind-hearted mortal mother, and also their child, an…

TJ Harkins Realistic Fiction Short Story Title: We all know the famous Jebron Lames, star small forward for the San Antonio Spurs. But did you know that back in highschool he was known as a failure for getting cut from the Goodpasture Christian Varsity Football team. Let’s look back into that hard time in his life. It was 2008 and the Goodpasture Christian Varsity Football Team was coming off a year where they went all the way to the state semifinals. They had great players such as Keenan…

close as fireworks shot up into the sky, ending with an “All HAIL QUEEN MARICEL.” Azazel emerged and took my hand as he climbed the steps to the throne room. He held up my hand. The crowd cheered. A destitute woman sprang out from the crowd like a cheetah, snatching my arm,…

Scene 1INT. LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN - DAYMonique(to Mikayla and Jade)Good morning, how are you both feeling today? Do you guys want me to make coffee? I just made a new batch this morning after my 7am yoga class. Oh, you won't believe who I met during my morning run?MikaylaOoh, who did you see?MoniqueRemember that girl with like the phone...Jade(interrupting Monique)Can you both just shut up?! My head is killing me!(Throws a pillow at Monique)Mikayla(looking around)Do you guys think cats drink…

Why is it hard to love another? When true love, is at stake anyone would do anything to continue it or demolish it. The Princess Bride is a fictional tale and is centered on the love of a beautiful women and a skillful man of the name man in black. They vow to themselves that they would never love another. But is it easy to keep your word in certain situations? The mythical stories characters endure things that human beings shouldn’t go through. Some characters overcome deaths while others…