Skunk

She asserts, for example, that she would have happily killed the skunk she spotted “strolling through the bushes” had she “a mind to” - and that she could, in fact, happily “kill anyone.” Katniss’s voice, interestingly enough, reads infinitely more clinical and detached than Junior’s does; it suggests that although she…

To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? Every horse owner will struggle with vaccinations to some degree. There are so many vaccinations available to horse owners. Drug companies and some veterinarians may push these vaccinations for financial gain, personal belief, or some other reason. However, no matter the reason, it is the responsibility of the horse owner to decide which vaccinations their horse will be receiving; hopefully, with the advice of a trusted veterinarian. But where can a horse owner…

Whether you want to call it The Abominable Snowman, yeti, Wendigo, Yowie, skunk ape, sasquatch, or even the Grassman, the beast most familiarly known as Bigfoot exists. For centuries, tales, myths, legends, and elaborate stories have existed about the cryptid Bigfoot. The cloudy and question-filled nature of Bigfoot is intriguing to most of the world. Doubters simply play off this species existence by arguing that it is a misidentified large animal or question why there has been no evidence…

out and when it came I shot and hit the back tail feather, but it still gracefully glided through the air like a plane. We saw 2 more hens, but no more roosters. I was disappointed that I didn’t get a pheasant. We ran into other animals such as a skunk that didn’t want to be messed with, deer that we kicked up while walking, and Max found a raccoon in the grass and it tried to bite Max but didn’t actually bite him because Max was too quick. Also we had a pheasant that we kicked up right next to…

find out what that means.” I burst into laughter and said, “Granny, that’s a car!” I can’t believe she thought that was about the devil. We always laugh about my uncles Joe and Earl being, in Granny’s words, “drunk as Cooter Brown” or “Drunk as a skunk.” My grandmother is my inspiration and the biggest part of who I am. She is my hero and I admire her for it. She is nearly invincible, but her two kryptonite are snakes and pit bulls. Nevertheless, everything I have become that is good, I owe it…

room?" I asked, squinting as my eyes adjusted to the brightness. Then, I spotted her "A puppy," I squealed. "Santa brought us a puppy!" Joyful tears blurred my eyes as I dropped to my knees, scooping the puppy into my arms. The sweet, skunk smell of puppy breath--an odor I 'd always loved--filled my…

Wrongberight, where intermittent summer rainstorms, have transformed the roadways, into a slippery mess. One of the community’s lifelong resident’s, Clemmy Sue Jarvis, a petite, vivacious woman of sixty-three, would rather dance the Virginia Reel with a skunk than drive on rain soaked roads. However, late Saturday afternoon she has no other choice, but to cautiously, ease out of her driveway, turn south onto Flat Bottom Road and follow it along the edge of the Dismal Swamp to the isolated home…

Robert E. Harril, as he was known in his earlier life was born on February 2nd, 1893. He was born in Gaffney, South Carolina. In some of his early writings while at Carolina Beach, Robert specified that he was never predestined to become a hermit.His turbulent life began early on when his mother and two of his brothers died of typhoid fever. If this was not tragic enough, his grandfather, who he looked up too, died from a runaway mule. His troubles were made worse when his father…

Bad things continued to happen. The skunk sprayed Brian one night, blinding him for a while. Then a moose attacks him while he is washing the caught bird in the water. To make things worse, the tornado came and swept his shelter away. The storm has raised the level of water in the lake and…

Many individuals believe that being human is automatically guaranteed of having humanity. Yet, in Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel Oryx and Crake proves us wrong that being human does not guarantee to having humanity. This dystopian novel highlights complications of society and the actions of one another can be forever impacted. A common theme that is persistent throughout the novel is the actions of Humanity through the characters of Jimmy and Crake. Theses characters display and define why…