Braxton+Bagley

Friend A friend is like a flower A rose to be exact Or maybe like a brand New gate that hasn’t been Unattached, a friend is like an owl both beautiful And wise, or perhaps a friend Is like a ghost whose Spirit never dies. A friend Is like a heart that Beats till the end.

Love Lager in the moon my love for you, World collide as heaven pulls us through, The secret of the world is written in   The stars, as I am carrying your heart in    Mine.

Sad When you’re sad, I will dry your tears When you were scared, I will comfort Your fears when you worried, I will Give you hope when you are confused, I will help you cope and when your Lost and can’t find the light I   Can be your beacon shining ever so    Bright.

__The Heart of Africa __ There was a small hut on the edge of South Africa. All around the hut there are Cages full of wild majestic animals. There was one cage in the inside of the hut where no one could touch or harass or play with this animal. It was the biggest animal Africa has ever seen…with the upmost of speed, muscle, strength and power! He was friendly, he never hurt or touched anyone. He was beautiful...he was the lion that saved Africa.

 The trainer of the lion was a large, strong and friendly African male named Adel. He is a lion trainer full of courage and ambition! Wanting to help others and save the poor. He protects the people that are important in his life, he is a very nice man.

 Everyday they go hunting…they have quiet little mouth clicks that only him and the lion know. They sound like nothing you’ve ever heard. Only him and the lion correspond with them. He commands the lion to hunt down his meat for him instead of using a gun or a spear. The lion is the greatest, smartest and fastest hunter on the earth. He hunts quiet, fast and strong. He hardly ever fails a hunt, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">they are a very successful team! They always hunt, it’s their favorite thing to <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">do…they are very good at it! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">To this day they are still very successful hunters, because of this Adel has now <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">started his own meat selling business. Adel has so much meat he gives it to the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">poor and the suffering to help them out. He is so much help to Africa and its <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">people!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> Nobody knows the name of the lion that is so helpful to Africa. Many <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">children, parents and tourists come to visit this lion every year. They get pictures <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">with him and hug and pet him. The lion is so nice to everyone…he is like a big <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">dog that plays with children. They even can ride him or go for walks on his back. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">He shows no signs of aggression towards humans!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> One day they were out on a hunt and a pack of hyenas came after them. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">There were so many of them…but Adel and the lion knew they had to protect each <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">other the best they could! When all of the sudden on the hyenas came up from <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">behind them and bite a good size bit out of Adel’s leg! That made the lion mad <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">and very upset, the lion started tearing up the hyenas. Throwing them all over the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">place ripping big chunks of flesh from them! The hyenas ran off as fast as they <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">could, they were very scared!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> Adel was lying there bleeding and yelling in pain, he was very hurt! The <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">lion hoisted Adel onto his back and carried him back to the village for help. By <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">then Adel was in so much pain…the bite was so infected they thought they might <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">have to amputate his leg!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Adel didn’t want that, he needed his leg for hunting and training. Africa was <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">running out of food and people were getting hungry, they were all loosing energy, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">especially Adel. All of them needed to eat and they needed to eat fast! The lion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">could tell that everyone was hungry and getting sick. So all of the sudden the lion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">took off running into the jungle. They all thought the lion had left them. They <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">thought how could we ever survive! Adel was very sad for a couple of hours and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">in a lot of pain!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> They were all sad…they loved the lion to death, the lion was Africa’s hero!! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Moments later they all heard a rustling and struggling sound in the trees coming <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">right at them. So they all got their spears out and silently moved around to attack! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">They they heard a noise that they’ve heard millions of times and they knew exactly <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">who it was. They dropped their spears and waited for it to come out. The lion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">came out of the trees with a zebra in its teeth and dropped it in front of them and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">left immediately. They were happy about the food they got, but were very <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">confused about why the lion didn’t stay.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> Again moments later the lion came back with more meat. It was like he was <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">playing fetch…he just kept bringing more and more meat for them! All they had <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">to do is cook it on a fire. Everyone was so proud of the lion, especially Adel. The <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">lion was so smart and knew exactly what he was doing. The lion seemed like it <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">was just having fun running around helping those who were suffering. To the lion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">he was just saving Africa.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;"> A couple of years later the lion for very old and passed away, everyone in <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Africa was very sad. Adel named the lion “Heart of Africa”, everyone will go on <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">to tell the story of the lion who kept them alive when they were suffering.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">The End