Why Cheetahs Run Fast
Once in Africa cheetah was the second slowest animal next to turtle. One hot day a new species, horse, entered Africa. Cheetah, turtle and mouse went to greet him.
“Hello, traveler.”, said turtle calmly.
“Welcome!” Mouse squeaked.
“Hello.....” Horse said slowly.
“Hi. I'm Cheetah. This is Mouse and Turtle.” Cheetah announced.
“So what's your name? Mouse asked.
“I'm Horse...”, Horse started, “The fastest animal alive!” Horse ran around to prove his speed.
Horse turned to Mouse. “So what do you do, 'Tiny'?”, he asked, mockingly.
“My name is not 'Tiny'! It's Mouse! And I gnaw things!”, Mouse replied.
“You chew things? That's it? That sounds boring...”, Horse said, yawning. “So what do you do?”, he said, turning to Cheetah
“Uh...I....”, Cheetah said, confused.
“Anything?”
“Well....”
“Hah! So you're saying you don't have any talents?!”, Horse began to laugh.
“Grr...”, Cheetah said, “Stop laughing!!”
“Why?”, Horse said, laughing even harder.
“I CAN DO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO!!!”, Boomed Cheetah, finally losing his temper.
“Fine.”, Horse said, grinning. “How about a race?”
“Huh?” Cheetah had no idea what was going on from this point, Horse's tricks were overpowering him.
“Same time, same place.” Horse grinned. Victory was his!
“Wha....?”, Cheetah staggered.
“Unless, of course, you're scared.”, Horse grinned.
“Of course not!”, Cheetah said, more of a reaction than an answer.
“Good! Don't be late!!”, And with that, Horse turned and ran away, these animals were too easy!
“Wh-what did I just...?”, Cheetah hicked.
“Idiot!”, Mouse slapped the back of his foot.
Cheetah went home and sighed. He was going to lose... It was not the losing part that really bothered him, it was who he was losing too. Mouse is probably wishing it was him who was racing against horse, Cheetah thought, I'm second slowest next to turtle... Then it hit him.
Turtle! Cheetah thought. He ran out of his home, headed for Turtle's pond. He'll understand! He was there! And, Cheetah remembered, he's great at spells! He can help me!
“TURTLE!” Cheetah called, stopping at the edge of Turtle's pond.
Turtle came out from underwater. “Yes?”, asked calmly.
“Remember that one horse who- well, y'know.. the race?”, Cheetah panted. It was hard to run slow-cheetah-top-speed.
“Yes.”, Turtle replied, “Why?”
“I need your help.”
Turtle smiled. “Alright.”
So the next day, Cheetah was ready. Horse and him stood on the starting line.
“Be careful! Don't trip!”, Turtle called.
“Beat that Horse for me, Cheetah!”, Mouse cheered.
“Be quiet, Tiny!”, Horse yelled.
“I already said my name's-” Mouse started but the sound of the race starting interrupted him.
They were off. Cheetah zoomed ahead. Wow!, He thought. I've never gone so fast before! Thank you, Turtle! Horse was shocked.
“Wha- how did- how are?!”, Horse staggered.
“Yeah! Go, Cheetah, go!!”, Mouse cheered.
Horse tripped. Cheetah stopped.
Suddenly, Horse zoomed ahead saying, “Fooled you! I didn't really fall!”
“Grr...”, Cheetah growled.
Cheetah caught up again. Neck-to-neck they approached the finish line.
“GOAL!!”, Giraffe cried, Giraffe was the coach, watching over the game with her long neck.
“And the winner is...”
Cheetah held his breath.
“......Cheetah!!”, Giraffe cheered.
“WHAT?!”, Horse screamed.
“Yeah!”, Mouse ran up to Cheetah, “Hey, you looked a little scared there, buddy!”
“Y-yeah.” Cheetah panted.
They both smiled.
And that is why cheetahs run fast.
End
I worked hard.