CUSTODIAN | 5 Minute Freewrite: Tuesday - Prompt: Woolly Mammoth | [ENG/ESP]

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The plates of his armour clanked against his skin above his chain mail in a mad dash across the snow and icy ground. Iron-footed and breathless in the frost, the warrior was barely gaining on the woolly mammoth. The earth rumbled as the huge beast charged frantically at the group.

Moments before, the adventurers had spotted a series of small hills rising out of the tundra. Pushed by the wind and seeking shelter, they approached what turned out to be the huge bare bones of colossal creatures piled on the snow.

Their imposing tusks of valuable ivory remained intact, perhaps it was not such a good idea to disturb their rest blinded only by the promise of easy treasure.

When the wind stopped blowing, the blows of steel against bone resounded like a bell tolling dead. Alerted by a mighty snort, the snow fell from what could pass for a small hill. A mass of albino hair emerged with red eyes like a vengeful spirit. The ancient mammoth, despite its size, darted like lightning at the astonished looters.


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Las placas de su armadura entrechocaban clavándose en la piel por encima de la cota de mallas, en una loca carrera sobre la nieve y la tierra helada. Con pies de hierro y la escarcha dejándole sin aliento, el guerrero apenas ganaba ventaja al mamut lanudo. La tierra retumbaba mientras la enorme bestia cargaba frenética sobre el grupo.

Momentos antes, los aventureros habían divisado una serie de pequeñas colinas que se dibujaban en la tundra. Empujados por el viento y buscado refugio, se acercaron a lo que resultaron ser los enormes huesos pelados de colosales criaturas que se amontonaban sobre la nieve.

Sus imponentes colmillos de valioso marfil permanecían intactos, quizás no fue tan buena idea perturbar su descanso cegados únicamente por la promesa de un tesoro fácil.

Cuando el viento dejo de soplar, los golpes del acero contra el hueso resonaron como una campana que repicaba a muerto. Alertados por un potente bufido, la nieve se desprendió de lo que podría pasar por una pequeña colina. Una mole de pelo albino surgió con ojos rojos como un espíritu vengativo. El anciano mamut, a pesar de su tamaño, se lanzó como un relámpago sobre unos asombrados saqueadores.




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Now this is a freewrite. Fiction. (Am I biased? LOL)
Full of action, vivid description, and a gratifying ending.
Wait. Am I supposed to celebrate the demise of humans?
Ivory hunters.
Yeah, I'm calling this a happy ending.
Cool story!

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Thank you for reading, I'm glad because my intention was to try to make a more dynamic story. As they say show, don't tell and I was worried that with the translation it would lose all meaning.

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