Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Red Dasher


"And there they go around the last turn of the track," the announcer said. "Number Seven (Raven Little) is taking a strong lead with fifty feet to go. Now Number Six is pulling up in front, I believe that's Red Dasher. Number Seven and Number Six are head to head charging for the finish line. Red Dasher and Raven Little just passed the finish line. This is too close to tell who won, the only way of knowing is by looking at the photo finish," the announcer exclaimed. A huge crowd of people all gathered around the TV shouting, "Who won!? Who won!?" Red Dasher won by the tip of his nose. "Hooray!" the crowd shouted. "This is Red Dasher's tenth win in a row," a man shouted. The next day everyone was back at Finger Lakes for the Championship race. The horses that will be racing are, Raven Little #7, Time Rider#11, Lightning Bolt#12, Thunder#16, Blue Hawk#1, and, last but not least, Red Dasher#6. There had to be about two hundred people that showed up for the race, crunching on popcorn, sipping on pop, and dipping their nachos into their cheese. Ring! There goes the bell. All six horses are running their hardest to win the race. "What? This is crazy," the announcer started saying. "Red Dasher, the best horse in Finger Lakes this year, is losing. He's not just losing, he's getting creamed," the announcer said. The horses were on their last turn and Red Dasher was still way behind. All of a sudden, Red Dasher put on a burst of speed. He passed Blue Hawk. He passed Thunder. He passed Lightning Bolt. He passed Time Rider. Finally, Red Dasher caught up to Raven Little. The jockey on Raven Little kept on smacking his two feet into Raven Little to make him run faster. That didn't stop Red Dasher, Red Dasher's jockey was whipping him like crazy. Red Dasher pulled ahead and beat Raven Little by a whole body length. Red Dasher won his first Championship race. The trophy went to the jockey and Red Dasher got a ribbon. He won three more Championship races then retired.

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