preview

Creative Writing: Equis

Better Essays

Before the Earth was a place that animals inhabited, there was a small green planet orbiting around the sun close to Earth called Equis. Grass covered most of the flat planet. The only water to be found was in small pools. Equis was inhabited mostly by horses. The sun horses. The sun birthed the first generation of these horses and were carried on asteroids to Equis. These horses were beautiful, large, and strong. Most were yellow or red like the sun, with white flames for manes and tails. The possessed strong hooves and heavy bodies that made the planet shake when they galloped across it. There was a tribe of people residing on Equis. The moon had birthed them. Some of their skin was pale like the moon in it’s illuminated phase, others had …show more content…

You have plenty of grass to run across. How could you know what it is like to be a fish on a planet built for horses?” The small horse thought for a moment. “That doesn’t seem fair, fish. There must be a place out there somewhere where you can live happily.” The fish thought that the small coal horse’s thought was a far fetched one and laughed. “Maybe there is, but I shall never find it as I am stuck in this pool. Some days, small horse, I wish I had legs like you. Legs that could stretch across the ground and make it shake with power and importance. Legs that could jump as if the thing they carry has no weight. To you, small horse, you are small, but to me, you are large.” The small horse thought about this for a moment. He had never thought of his legs in this way that the fish described. Nor had he thought of his power in this way. He suddenly felt silly for convincing himself he was small. How could he not see that he was large? He had legs that were made of starlight and sunbeams and everything light and powerful. He could do …show more content…

He had found this place that would be called Earth. The place for all beings. A fiery red horse galloped past small horse and created a river beside him. The fish that had spoken to Small Horse before swam up to him. “Small Horse, forgive me for ever doubting you, as you have found a home not only for me but for us all. You are not just large to me, it seems, you are just large. And you have used your power for good, I will never be able to repay you.” The small horse assured the fish that there was no need to repay him, for the Earth was not just for the fish, but for himself as well. And for the moon people, the land animals, the flight beings, and the rest of the sea creatures, this place was

Get Access