Thunder the Pony and His Friends

            
     It was a bright and sunny day in the Happy Ranch, which was located in the outskirts of Sunnyville, California.  This ranch always seemed to be sunny, happy and so colorful, full of life. There are birds singing and animals playing in the ranch.

Just outside the ranch by a nearby crystal clear pond, Thunder the pony was always practicing how to gallop. He was a pony who never gave up and when he wanted something really bad he tried even harder.

                  
Almost every single day, Thunder would practice, but everyday he failed and continued to fall and stumble.  “I know that I have to learn how to gallop! I just know it!” hollered Thunder.
Sam the bird was sitting on a tree branch that was located right beside the pond.  He was very watchful and a caring friend. He always watched Thunder carefully and admired his effort and persistence. “I remember when I had difficulty with flying and how my friends told me to never give up! I am so thankful that my friends were there to support me,” said Sam to himself.




Finally, after trying so many times, Thunder decided to give up. “I can’t believe that as being a pony I can’t even gallop without falling! I feel so useless, this isn’t fair.” cried Thunder. When Sam saw that Thunder was giving up he decided to try and talk to him to help, “Thunder, now don’t be sad and give up by not being able to gallop. I’m sure that very soon you will master this ability, if you continue to practice,” said Sam.
                      

  


“Don’t give up, I know how you feel and trust me you can do it!” said Sam.  “How do you know if I can gallop or not? How could you be of any help to me if you’re a bird? Just leave me alone!” exclaimed Thunder.




Sam understood that Thunder was very upset and frustrated so he decided to not give up on Thunder. He decided to tell his friend Alejandra the pony about Thunder’s problem. Alejandra was a very kind and noble pony and she decided to help Thunder. Alejandra already knew how to gallop and trot perfectly, so she decided to help Thunder with his problem.





Alejandra helped Thunder no matter what and never give up on him. Alejandra’s owners’ Isabel and Stefan noticed that Alejandra left very often. “Hmm, I wonder where Alejandra might wonder off to?” asked Isabel. “Yes, I also wonder where to she might head off to constantly,” pondered Stefan.




One day, they decided to follow Alejandra to see where she would leave to. When they saw that their pony left to help another pony, they were proud and decided to help the wild pony by offering him a home. “I can’t believe that Alejandra has been off helping out another pony in need! We should take in that pony to our house and take care of it because he seems to be in need of a family,” said both Isabel and Stefan.




Thunder finally learned how to gallop and trot just as well as Alejandra. Thunder moved into Alejandra’s home. “Thank you for not giving up on me and for being very patient with me throughout this time. I also wanted to apologize to you Sam, I was so mean to you when all you wanted to do was to help and support me. Thank you once again,” said Thunder. “You’re welcome. What are friends for anyways?” said both Alejandra and Sam.

autobiographical essay

Hello my name is Yaritza Gonzalez, I’m 17, I live in Inglewood, Ca, and my goal as of now is to attend and graduate from a four year college/ university. There are six people in my family, which include my parents Isac and Gloria, my three brothers Raul, Eduardo and Isac, and me. I am Mexican-American and can be described as creative, outgoing, trustworthy, strong, and responsible.

            I was born on January 4, 1993 to my parents Isac Gonzalez and Gloria Gonzalez Sandoval. I could not have asked for better parents even if I wanted and I was blessed with them. They have always been there for me, supported most of my decisions, and have always tried their best to give me good advice. For most of the time, my parents are understanding and we tend to argue but no major and consequential fights. My parents are glad that I am very responsible because they feel that they can depend on my whenever they may need me. I have earned their respect as well as their trust, not that they ever had a reason to doubt, just that I have showed them that I do as I am told from them and never get in trouble at school and get good grades. I tend to be creative when it comes to doing chores and helping out my little brother Raul with his homework to make it fun for him.

            According to various people, I have a complex personality. I am very confident in myself and I can be a happy person as long as you do not upset me because I tend to get upset quite easily. One moment I can be as happy as possible and the next angry and I will not speak to anyone because most likely I will go off on them or take my anger upon them. I have been working on this issue for quite a while now because this is a quality that I am not that upbeat about. Not that I hate it, on the contraire I believe it gives me enough backbone to defend myself and not let anyone take advantage of me and I believe that this makes me very strong in my opinion. One thing about me that I love and other people like as well is that I laugh a lot and try to be as positive as I can be. Many people may not like my personality because I may be too impulsive at times and they have the right to not like me, I know that I definitely do not like everyone that I come across after getting to know them.

            Even though I did not join any sports, I have always liked them especially volleyball and running. When I had P. E. sports, I always tried my hardest to complete every task as best as I could. I get competitive at almost every sport that I play, I still remember how I always outran the soccer girls and other athletic inclined girls in my class even though I wasn’t as conditioned as they were because the only time I exercised was during that one and only class period.  I must admit that right now if I were to be put to run a mile I would not be able to complete it in six minutes flat, as I used to. I have stopped exercising and I am in no condition to even run half a lap.

            I have grown up and still continue to grow and learn more, and the thing that I have stuck to most of my life is to never regret what I do. I hardly ever even question the decisions I make, I did make them for a specific reason. I am not the type of person that will go back to try and mend things because what has been broken cannot be put back together in the same state in which it used to be before it was tempered with. I shall continue to make wrong decisions but from those mistakes, I will become stronger and wiser. As I continue to fall into the path of life and destiny, I will just keep going and not look back in order to get where I have to go.