Subject: Prompt One
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Posted on: 2019-06-02 13:04:00 UTC

Tiger dragged himself the last few feet up to the rock and collapsed. He knew he was only about halfway to the top of the mountain, but he was struggling a little. His exhaustion wasn’t quite as bad as his sprawled position on the ground would suggest, but he was still extremely tired.

He lay back against the rock and stared at the waterfall in front of him, to the right of the path he had been climbing. There was a particularly steep part of the trail just ahead, and the mountain stream he had been following fell down the almost cliff-like rock face with a splashing sound, pooling at the bottom in a hollow before continuing to flow further down.

He closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the meltwater pouring down the waterfall. It was strangely soothing and peaceful. Tiger felt almost as if he could fall asleep. Wary of the possibility that he actually would, he prepared to struggle to his feet.

Just as he opened his eyes, the winter sun came out from where it had been hiding behind a cloud. Tiger felt its welcoming warmth on his skin.

Suddenly, there were rainbows. The sun was shining through the waterfall, and the light was reflected and refracted into a million sparkling shades of every colour, every drop of water glistening in the light.

He smiled slowly, watching the light as he dragged himself to his feet and reluctantly continued up the mountain.

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