"Epilius Dendeveaux"
by
Vikram

O
ne day, Epilius Dendeveaux, a cowboy, woke up like a sloth. He dragged his feet to the shower. He wanted to look good, for today was the annual rodeo competition. He wouldn't notice that what he did for a living was cruel until the end of that day. Epilius put on some gel, dangled up his hair and threw on his 10-gallon hat. He wore a leather belt with diamond beads embedded into them. He wore thick jeans, and a leather jacket, for it was cold outside. When he reached the rodeo, he opened his horse's stall. Two men whipped the horse.
"Stop!," ordered Epilius "It's mad enough already"
He got on his horse, and it thrashed wildly, flailing its arms and legs. The horse bit him hard on his hands. He glowered at the horse, but he couldn't help feeling guilty and sorry for the horse. Suddenly, the stall door opened allowing the horse to escape. It accelerated to thirty miles per hour! Finally after 1 minute and 1 second, Epilius fell off. He was declared the winner, but he stomped off the field, refusing to take the trophy. He quit immediately. Epilius thought rodeo was cruel, and he eventually built up the pride to ban rodeo in many places and became famous.



The End


Story by: Vikram, age 10

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