horus81 Aug 2002

guess what you are? the fifth recipient in the saga "plains of africa", congratulations:
plains of africa part (5) the young cheetah siblings peered out from their hideaway. they were waitimg for mother to appear. eager for her distinct shoulder blades jutting up into the setting sun. they were hungry and thirsty, but they knew better not to move without mother. but where could she be? it had been two days by the older brother's calculations. while cleaning his sister he smells a familiar scent. turning his head towards the water hole he notices a vulture half submerged in the sitting water. he decides to risk it. he springs and sprints toward the dying morsel, but the vulture still barely aware. lifts itself to safety. the cheetah knowing it's meal is now a memory in his dehydrated nose opts to take a quick drink. one two three laps of moisture then back to his sister. instead he turns to see a pack of wild dogs coming to drink and size him up. he's fast enough to get back to his sister, but that would be the end of them both. he sits licking his last taste of water from his lips before they tear him appart. his sister looks on too parched to cry, too smart to meowl. across the water hole under a shady cypress. she notices a male rhino sniffing at the horn and bones of his stripped mate. the right back hoof has a dark stain upon it. her brother now torn to pieces derd quietly and pridefully. she's still hungry. the sun has fallen below the grass. the sky burns unaware and majesticlyy