Untitled - July 2011

Chapter One; the elephant "Mom, mom!" I try to push her away as she scrubs the dirt and blood off of my hands and arms. It isn’t my blood, though. I had just gone hunting and it was the zebra’s blood. “Lisha! Hold still! You might have cuts on your arms, and I don’t want them to get infected!” I sigh and let her finish. Then, I would go out and keep hunting. The villagers don’t approve of me going hunting, because I’m a girl. So, when I was born, the Namer named me Lisha, which means mystery. He named me that because my skin is light and pale, like my families, but lighter. Everyone else in my village had dark, brown skin. I guess I am a mystery I let my mom finish scrubbing, and then I got ready for another hunt. I refilled my sack of arrows, and pulled on my leather arm guard. Here in Africa, we have to make everything. There are no shops, or merchants here, which is why I hunt. I sling my arrow sack around my shoulder, and I grab my bow and head off. I run off into the woods and search for some game, but there weren’t any animals nearby, so I kept going. Then, I heard rustling a bit to my left. I slowly