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=  Nicole Founds Mr. Church World Studies 3 May 2010   The Creation of Running    God had just finished making the world and its people. The people lived happily among each other and all the other animals. They never fought; it was peaceful. There were only nice people. There were only tame animals. Everything lived in harmony, until one cold winter night… All the people decided to sleep close to each other because of the cold. The animals soon joined in because they too were cold. Everyone was there but one man who had not gotten the memo. When the man found out what he had been left out of he became very angry. This was a new emotion no one had ever felt. So a new aspect of life was created. The man was not happy. The next day the man went up to a friend of his and asked why he was not told of the sleeping arrangements. The friend said that the fox was sent out to tell everyone. The man had not seen the fox. He felt betrayed; this too was a new emotion. The man was not happy. That night the man made sure to be in the group of people, but unfortunately for him it was a very hot night. So the people dispersed in the middle of the night leaving the man behind. When he awoke the next morning he found no one. For the first time someone felt alone. The man was not happy. That same morning the man went to the badger, who was best friends with the fox. The man asked the badger where fox was. Badger did not know. Now the man was filled with all these new emotions, anger, betrayed, and loneliness, so he was not in the mood for a guessing game. He just wanted to know where the fox was. The man yelled at the badger and then the badger yelled back. This was the world’s first argument. That afternoon the man felt bad for getting so mad at the badger so he went up to him, but the badger had left all the people and animals. The squirrel said he moved far away. All the animals were talking about badger and how wild he his. So the first wild animal was created. The man knew this was his fault and the man was not happy. That night the man went up to his friend and told him about badger. His friend tried to comfort him. Now his friend had not been exposed to any of the emotion the man has so he was not upset. The man was not happy though. He began to feel like no one understood him. So the man pushed his friend. The first mean person was created. The man saw what he did and he was not happy. So the next day everyone was outside, because it was a beautiful day. Everyone knew about the wild badger and the mean man. Everyone had this new emotion of anger boiling up inside him or her. The people were not happy. That same day the man was hiding because he knew he was in trouble and for the first time someone felt scared. The man then experienced bravery when he went to confront the people and animals. The man walked up to them, but was distracted when he saw the fox. The man forgot what he was doing and walked over to the fox. The emotions flowed through him and he yelled at the fox. The fox felt scared so he began to walk away. The man walked behind him. The fox began to go faster and so did the man. The two went faster and faster until they were going as fast as they could. This new speed was incredible to them. Nothing had gone this fast, because no one needed to. Going this fast was fun and soon all the animals and people were doing the same thing. No one could sleep that night, because they were too excited. The people decided to call this new speed running after the man. And for the first time someone experienced forgiveness. The man was treated the same as others. There were still the new emotions in the air and over the years more animals became wild and some people became mean. Whenever there is a sense of separation everyone runs and that is what brings people and animals together. Running brings us back to the time when there was harmony between all the creatures. = =Rita and Nicole Founds=

Rhoda’s Adventure to America By Rita Faykina and Nicole Founds Across the ocean there lived a girl named Rhoda. She lived in Azania, Africa. She worked hard just to survive each day and night. One day she got an opportunity of a life time, or so she thought. A strange man in a yellow suit came to her and asked if she would like to go to America, the city of opportunities. Rhoda, with little hope left, agreed and she was soon on her way to New York. She had never flown on a plane before, so little did she know that she would not eat anything for 6 days. She was starving by the time she left the plane so she quickly ran to the nearest food station, which happened to be a subway. The line ran down the hallway, around the planes, and down the street. Rhoda quickly gave up on the dream of having something to eat so she made her way to luggage pick- up. A strange man followed her all the way there. When she reached her destination she turned and yelled at the man to leave her alone. The man just smiled and walked away, though she could still see him from the corner of her eye. Minutes later there was commotion all around. Rhoda, now very startled, whipped around to find the strange man who followed her threaten to set off a bomb. Rhoda sprinted down the hall and knocked over a group of over- sized men eat like pigs. Rhoda ran outside to find streets of homeless people all around. They came up to her and begged for money. Rhoda was now very scared and all she wanted to do was find a safe spot to rest. Rhoda found a nice shop just down the street. To cheer herself up, Rhoda decided to shop. She found a cute shirt that she was so excited to buy, but when she went up to buy it she soon found out that it was two thousand dollars. The cashier also decided to add that it was made from children in Africa. Rhoda horrified, ran out of the store and down the street. Rhoda looked both ways, but every store was closed. She then ran back into the airport where she frantically ran into the next flight home. She felt safe in the plane, but something went wrong in the plane and they began to drop. Rhoda’s last thought before her death was that America was worse than Africa and that is saying something.