[NFB_of_Georgia] Short Story Practice For Writing Contest

[Angela Daniel]

Thank you for sharing your short story. I continue to be encouraged by you.
Yet another example of your multi talents. Very good.

Best regards, Angela Daniel


On Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 9:05 AM Derrean Tucker via NFB_of_Georgia <
nfb_of_georgia at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
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> I want to share this short story that I’ve written. I’m trying to practice
> for the writing contest that the Writing Division is hosting.  Let me know
> what you all think.
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> *The Skilled Hunter*
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> By Derrean Tucker
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> Quickly, the man raced across the field through the brush. He had been out
> hunting gazelle when he noticed a lion stalking him. The same followed
> after him through the brush as he ran for his life. “Hey Hey hey!!: the
> hunter was terrified. He gripped his spear tightly as he headed for a
> descending hill on the terrain. The lion was on his tail with much
> desperation to catch him. The man was very fast on his feet. The weather
> was very hot and humid and caused sweat to soak his worn clothing entirely.
> There hadn’t been any man in this part of the plains,  not in times past
> nor in the present Antigua rule, that had footed with a lion without being
> captured in seconds and torn from limb to limb. As he topped the hill,
> quickly looking back to the lion, he gave the quickest surge of foot power
> he could down the hill. Turning around quickly and kneeling, He raised his
> spear as the lion jumped off the ground with its massive head. The hunter
> attempted to force his 6 foot spear down the throat of the lion as it was
> in mid air. Both the man and the lion toppled down the steep slope
> together, the lion being on top of the hunter. A cloud of dirt hugged the
> area where the lion and man skid the ground together. There were villagers
> that watched from afar. They could see down the hill where the man and the
> lion disappeared behind the cloud of dirt. They wondered if the lion had
> gored its large fangs into the man’s throat as he attempted to poke the
> beast with his stick. They saw nothing, but heard the lion making a weird
> noise. The dirt cleared and revealed the man lying under the lion’s large
> body. The spear was seen poking out the lion’s back, covered in blood. A
> few men came from the village and cautiously approached the scene. One of
> the men said, “Circle!” gesturing the other two men to round the lion
> evenly. One of the three men who was positioned in front said, “ the man’s
> eyes are shut, and has a big wound.” He stabbed the lion in the side with a
> large dagger then signaled to the other men and villagers that the lion was
> dead. The villagers rejoiced. The villagers removed the lion’s body from
> the man. A nurse tended to the hunter, lifting his shirt and examining the
> wound on his head. The nurse felt a pulse. “He is not dead but injured
> badly. We have to get him to a doctor immediately!” said the nurse, “Get me
> the van!”
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