03-06-2018, 05:54 PM
She is practically vibrating under the harshness of both spotlight and prying eyes. The banners above her head drag through the sky by the force of the wind, creating a rhythmic sound that matches the frantic beating of Wishbone’s heart. She is not in Tephra anymore, but that excites her more than she can comprehend.
She waits to speak her turn, listening to their responses with wide sunset eyes. When it is her turn, the yearling steps forward on eager, dainty feet. “I fear boredom.” She pauses for a moment, inhaling a deep breath and centering herself on the feeling of the breeze toying with her autumn-dipped locks. “I fear I will never see the world, that my adventures will be minuscule in comparison to the complete nothingness of my life.”
Her heart grips, thinking of living her life within one room and never experiencing the mountains or lakes or oceans or deserts or forests the world might offer. Although her family dying might be devastating, to see only the same trails seems worse to Wishbone. Death is something she can face with bravery, but the inability to travel sends terror so deep into her bones she might be paralyzed.
Word Count: 200.
Answer: The Princess of the West was Annie Oakley and her TV horse’s name was Target.
She waits to speak her turn, listening to their responses with wide sunset eyes. When it is her turn, the yearling steps forward on eager, dainty feet. “I fear boredom.” She pauses for a moment, inhaling a deep breath and centering herself on the feeling of the breeze toying with her autumn-dipped locks. “I fear I will never see the world, that my adventures will be minuscule in comparison to the complete nothingness of my life.”
Her heart grips, thinking of living her life within one room and never experiencing the mountains or lakes or oceans or deserts or forests the world might offer. Although her family dying might be devastating, to see only the same trails seems worse to Wishbone. Death is something she can face with bravery, but the inability to travel sends terror so deep into her bones she might be paralyzed.
Word Count: 200.
Answer: The Princess of the West was Annie Oakley and her TV horse’s name was Target.