The squaw was hanging on to a tree branch just barely out of reach of one of the neighbor’s Razorback pigs. An angry Razorback pig was something to be feared. The pig could reach the fringe of the squaw’s shoulder blanket, but could not get a good hold. Each time it tried, the squaw would scream. Grabbing some rocks and…
It was Saturday morning, the weather was cloudy and with sign of sadness and disturbance, it was time to rise and go to work on the ranch, George tugged along quietly. He spoke to nobody, and nobody spoke to him. They bucked barley’s bag all day, until the accident. George was on the gig and helped the other farm hands; suddenly he lost his balance and fell from top to bottom with barley bags. George got up almost as soon as it happened. "George! Are you ok! You should be hurt!" Slim said worriedly. "I'm fine" George replied. That day and days after that runs away fast like wind crossing the desert. It is almost three months and in these three months, he had received three stakes; every time it had gone to bars. He was drinking to forget, only to have his one permanent thought be of Lennie. The clocks being against him meant that George had to leave the bar now. After three months of working in the ranch, he decided to leave there and…
During the 19th century a young African American boy and his very poor family lived in the South. The boy’s father is a small farmer and the family is stressed because of money problems and it is a really rough time for them. Sounder the family dog goes hunting is very close to the father and goes hunting with him every night. Each day the boy’s father and Sounder come back from hunting empty handed. One morning the boy wakes up and smells delicious food and sees that there is ham being cooked. The father came back with ham but he stole it and knew theft was wrong but he didn’t want to see his family suffer. The family hadn’t h ad a decent meal in a long time. Not long later, three men accuse the boy’s father of stealing the ham. Right in front of the boy the three white men…
Once upon a time there was an angry dinosaur, who always stomped the flowers. His name was Hopping Henry and he had huge feet. Every day he would have a big plate of huckleberries and he hated it! Every day, he ate the same horrible huckleberries. Hoping one day his happy friend Harold would give him some ham.…
The story “Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys” is about a giraffe named Cecily G. (G for giraffe, although when initially published in France this was not her name- it…
Once upon a time there was a possum, this possum was very clever and there was no other animal like this possum. This possum was very fortunate of being in the right place at the right time. However, one morning the possum woke up and realized something that was very strange. As the possum got out of bed he realized these big tracks, the possum knew very quickly that something bad was gonna happen and all the animals in his camp were in danger. The possum began going around camp telling all the other possum, and other animals what to do if the bigger animal comes back on camp. The possum told all animals to play dead if this animal comes back onto camp, a majority of the animals laughed when the possum told…
One night there was a ruckus which Pepe decided to ignore; he knew there would be company in the morning. He awoke early in the morning. Two men came to the door and Pepe asked what had happened. One of the men said "a devil, but this morning I saw only the tracks of a tiger." A tiger had raped him of a goat. "'This is why I have come to you, Pepe', Juan Aria said. A troubled frown overspread his face. 'I hope you will follow and kill this tiger, for you are the only man who can do so.' They talked up a deal and Pepe was off with his rifle to catch this ferocious tiger.…
Only having three legs didn’t bother him much, but when building a house he was very limited. Johns’ house turned out to be a one room small cottage with a fence and a gate. He wasn't able to make a farm of a well for food or water so he relied on neighbors for necessities. Jamal's construction went a lot smoother. He was able to use his solid gold to make a four room villa with a watch tower, alarm, and a solid gold fence. Jamal was also clueless, he didn't understand that not patching holes in his walls would give the squirrels an advantage. He was aware of his surroundings and very careful with where he put things. Little Hermes construction was the best of them all. He had a 14 bedroom mansion with four guard towers, an army of tanks and spiked walls. Hermes was very cautious of his house and always kept it in amazing shape, making his the most fortified. On a dark rainy day John was making a tuna sandwich when he heard a scratching noise on his door. He turned around as his whole house was ripped to shreds by a giant rabid squirrel. Thinking as fast as he could he sprinted out to his garage, hopped in his paper airplane and flew to his brother Jamal's house. Along the way he saw a giant pack of rabid squirrels heading towards Jamal’s house. He landed after about ten long minutes of gliding towards…
One Halloween there were two grandpas they were at their houses.Then out of nowhere there was grandpa jimmy.Grandpa jimmy and grandpa jake were best friends.Grandpa jake was at the door giving kids candy and grandpa jimmy was refilling the candy bowl.Later that night grandpa jimmy thought it would be funny to pull a prank on grandpa jake so he did.Grandpa jimmy put a remote under the rug.One hour passed and grandpa jake has not notice.”Time to act” said grandpa jimmy.Grandpa scremed and said “there is something under the rug” and grandpa jake run so slow to his bedroom.When he got their he almost passed out.He got up and scremed and almost passed out again.…
Giraffes are the tallest land mammal on earth. A giraffe’s leg alone is at least 6ft tall. That is as tall as a person! A giraffe’s neck is also 6ft long and weighs at least 600 pounds. The average male giraffe weighs around 2,600 pounds and is 16ft to 20 ft tall. The average female giraffe ,however, is smaller than the the male giraffe(also known as a Bull) by 800 pounds! a female giraffe…
The male common chimp is up to 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) high when standing, and weighs as much as 70 kilograms (150 lb); the female is somewhat smaller. The common chimp’s long arms, when extended, have a span one and a half times as long as the body’s height and a chimpanzee's arms are longer than its legs.[7] The bonobo is a little shorter and thinner than the common chimpanzee but has longer limbs. Both species use their long, powerful arms for climbing in trees. On the ground, chimpanzees usually walk on all fours using their knuckles for support with their hands clenched, a form of locomotion called knuckle-walking. Chimpanzee feet are better suited for walking than are those of the orangutan because the chimp’s soles are broader and the toes shorter. Both the common chimpanzee and bonobo can walk upright on two legs when carrying objects with their hands and arms. The Bonobo has proportionately longer upper limbs and tends to walk upright more often than the Common Chimpanzee. The coat is dark; the face, fingers, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet are hairless; and the chimp has no tail. The exposed skin of the face, hands and feet varies from pink to very dark in both species, but is generally lighter in younger individuals, darkening as maturity is reached. A University of Chicago Medical Centre study has found significant genetic differences between chimpanzee populations.[8] A bony shelf over the eyes gives the forehead a receding appearance, and the nose is flat. Although the jaws protrude, the lips are thrust out only when a chimp pouts. The brain of a chimpanzee is about half the size of the human brain.[9]…
Chris and Xan visit a medicine store packed with dried reptiles and other animals. The shop owner shows them a chimpanzee head, and tells them that it is a gorilla head. The Dr.’s reaction is that the store owner is ignorant, not only because the head he thinks is a gorilla, is actually a chimpanzee, but also because his belief that the medicine actually works.…
Primates first evolved from the trees of tropical forests, later to the ground. Through the times of promisians to human, many characteristics has been represented due to the adaptations to new environments and resulted in evolutionary changes. The Earth has encountered several geological and climatic changes over time. For the primates existed at that time had to adjust itself especially in body configurations and locomotion in order to better survive. It is important to be aware of this information since we are the part of occurring changes as well. Throughout the evolution owing to the transforming environments interacting with natural selection, primates developed their own ways to move better (meaning changes in locomotion) with different types of bodies (meaning changes in body configuration).…
Finally, after days of hard work of searching, they choose the giraffe to represent the males because of the giraffe ability and uniqueness figure can benefit humankind. The giraffe can drink up to 12 gallons of water, sleeps for only 1-12 minutes long, live about 20-25 years long,…
There was an ancient chief in theSkyland. His young wife was expecting a child, and one night she dreamed that she saw the Great Tree uprooted. The next morning she told her husband the story.…