The
Skeptical
Speed
of
the
Cheetah
BY Marc
Once in a far away land there was a
cheehah, an animal with black spots all over him. He was running one
day when a rabbit challenged him to a race. Friends, frogs, gods, and
birds gathered to watch. "On your marks get set . . . Gooo!!! "
They're off. The cheehah took a big leap which put him in the lead.
But the rabbit came back and blew the cheehah away.
So after the race the cheehah was sad
because he didn't have enough speed to win. He went walking and a big
breeze blew upon him. It was his old friend Blow. Blow said,"What is
the matter with you?"
Cheehah replied," All of the other animals
are faster than me." They talked on and on, and then they came to an
agreement on cheehah and his speed. The agreement was for Blow to
give cheehah some of his speed.
Now everyone that raced cheehah would be
blown out, not at first, but closer to the middle of the race. Zeus
thought to himself,"Just the other day that cheehah was as slow as
ever." So Zeus called for cheehah and Blow to come to him. Zeus told
Blow that he was mad at him for giving the speed of wind to
cheehah.
Then Zeus turned to cheehah and said, "I am
more mad at you for not getting the speed for yourself. And since you
cheated to get your speed , your species' name is now cheetah coming
from cheater. Also your speed will be reduced by tiny bags to your
legs and whatever speed you get is the speed for the rest of your
species. Blow your speed will be reduced by the amount of speed
cheetah gets." So at the end of his trial his speed was seventy miles
per hour and so Blow's wind speed was reduced by seventy.
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