And that's when I saw them coming right for me! BOOM! The cactus in front of me exploded, and a small black bullet fell into the sand behind me. &quot;Faster! HYA!&quot; I focused in front of the stolen horse's head. The stinging wind, peppered with grains of sand, made it difficult to focus. The horse was living a nightmare. It's eyes were wide, and spittle oozed out of its mouth and fell in big drops behind us. I could hear the galloping horses' hooves falling further behind over the whipping wind. BOOM! I felt the bag in my hand getting lighter. I looked down to see a hole in the small velvet bag I had stolen from the sheriff's station. Small gold and silver coins were cascading from the ripped bag. I growled and kicked the poor horse harder into it's sides, trying to grab whatever coins I could with my other hand. &quot;Come on!&quot; I yelled. I dug my spurs deeper into the horse's heaving flank. Then I felt the ground heave upward, and I was flying through the air. NEEEEEIGH! Right into the sheriff's path. 2008-05-09T21:58:33Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/29721 <p>duh duh duh, (doomsday notes, lower and lower) Oops, bad horsey, went straight toward sheriff! Maybe it was the sheriff&#8217;s horse&#8230;.. Nice story, love the interruptions by the gun shots and the horse. It adds a lot in one word.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29721?basename=61238 2008-05-09T21:58:33Z Mistress Elsha Hawk http://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawk <p>uh-oh! what&#8217;s going to happen now?!</p> <p>i love how the bandit feels bad for the horse. i always do too, whenever i have to kick them in the side to make them speed up. :(</p> <p>great job, thanks for entering!<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/29721?basename=60900 2008-05-07T23:48:23Z invisibility_disability http://ficlets.com/authors/invisible_stories