galut
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Word chosen: galut (AKA: galuth)
Definition: the forced exile of Jews, esp. from countries where they were most persecuted.
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Word chosen: wilderness
Writing:
The wilderness spread out under Bright Mane’s wings. He soared above it all looking down for his next meal. The hawk knew that a rabbit, squirrel, or some other tasty morsel awaited him. He swerved to the left and the right looking for the tiniest movement that would give away his prey.
Bright Mane heard the shrill cry of his mate off in the distance, but he ignored her to better focus on the ground far below. His patience paid off. He dove down at an astonishing rate. A silent as a falling raindrop, Bright Mane screamed through the air.
Just before hitting the ground, he pulled out of his dive and flashed his claws. The small rabbit that had twitched from its hiding place beneath the scrub brush was yanked from the ground, and into the sky.
This time the silence of the wild was broken by the pained scream of the rabbit. Bright Mane tightened his claws around the flailing rabbit, and carried it higher into the air. The claws pierced the soft fur of the rabbit, and began to squeeze the life from it. The small clump of fur thrashed one last time before the life fled its terrified body.
Bright Mane soared above the plains and cried to the sky to thank it for allowing him to bring food home to his family. His mate cried back in response to congratulate him for a fine kill. Bright Mane allowed a warm thermal to rise beneath his wings to carry him higher in the sky.
As he wheeled in the direction of his fledglings’ nest, he angled downward slightly to gain speed on his way home. When he arrived, his mate had already awoken the younglings, and they were screaming for their meal. With grace and care, he began to tear chunks from the rabbit’s cooling carcass, and flung them into the nest for his offspring to fight over.
He watched them carefully. The weakest would be thrown from the nest in the passing of three more days to make room for the stronger ones that would carry on his lineage. He felt no remorse, sorrow, or pain for what he was planning on doing.
It was necessary for survival.
Just as the killing of the rabbit had been.
