War Times Ahead (V.Short)
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These all (so far) have horses featured in them at some stage, I started writing these for a competition I has back in year 8 (I'm now in lower Sixth) So just thought I'd post them now. :)
Short Extract from one of them.
"As one we are galloping across no man's land and I get this energy rush. The thrilling feeling of being free for all but one second before we are diving in head first to the battle. Charlie aims at the enemy and I try to keep him out of harms way, we work together as only we can, putting all the training we've ever had into action."
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