Day Nine: This incredible picture is someone's art piece. They made it entirely out of used tires. I think the juxtaposition between the smooth parts and the different tire treads gives it life. It just begs to be in a story. I created this next story with a certain Chinese concept in mind.
Night Follows Day
People believe that the rotation of the earth brings the day and night to the planet. They are wrong. Two great beasts continuously walk the earth, clothed in dark and light. They are Karno and Ornak. Across the earth, eternally ushering in the night and day. They are always chased by and chasing each other; never meeting, continuously circling each other. They will never have any friends for mortals can't see him. 
Although, now that Karno thought about it, there had been one time when he could have sworn a child, no older than two, had seen him. She had been playing in a beautiful, grassy meadow, her blond hair in pigtails, when Karno had walked across the meadow, shadow of night following him like a blanket dragging on the ground. She had stopped playing with her dolls, looked in his direction, laughed in delight, and pointed at him. At first Karno assumed she could only see the rising shadow slowly creeping toward her, but when he had passed her, she had looked up at him and met his black eyes. Chills ran through his body. He continued walking though for the first time in thousands of years, he wished to stop for a moment. A few years later he heard tales that a child claimed to have seen a Simba Nyeusi. Black Lion. She had seen him. Karno raised his head a little higher, shook his shadowy mane, and smiled.
Although, now that Karno thought about it, there had been one time when he could have sworn a child, no older than two, had seen him. She had been playing in a beautiful, grassy meadow, her blond hair in pigtails, when Karno had walked across the meadow, shadow of night following him like a blanket dragging on the ground. She had stopped playing with her dolls, looked in his direction, laughed in delight, and pointed at him. At first Karno assumed she could only see the rising shadow slowly creeping toward her, but when he had passed her, she had looked up at him and met his black eyes. Chills ran through his body. He continued walking though for the first time in thousands of years, he wished to stop for a moment. A few years later he heard tales that a child claimed to have seen a Simba Nyeusi. Black Lion. She had seen him. Karno raised his head a little higher, shook his shadowy mane, and smiled.
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