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MHS successful candidate The cow, flaunting a corpulent guise, started to smile. It soon bore a grin fraught with despair. Utter doom. As if portending something bad would happen. The brooding cobalt sky flashed a scintillating white before the I realised what the cow meant.
A barrage of lightning rained down on the farm, the tumultuous roar of thunder reverberating throughout the cold, misty atmosphere. I looked behind me, at the cow, or rather, the charred, disfigured monstrosity that was once it. Not so impervious after all. Knowing I would meet the same fate if I tarried any longer, I took off, dodging strikes of lightning simultaneously. As I sprinted, I caught a glimpse of lush, verdant forest in the corner of my eye, and I soon figured I could only survive with the protection from those trees. So I scampered a bit faster, before a scream pierced my eardrum. My heart sank.
I had left my dog behind.