AN: silentescape (I did take a break from writing... I'm actually really working on two books that I plan on finishing completely before I post them.) yourxtuesday (Thanks! I know, it's a short one, and I could have lengthened it. Writing is rewriting, right? You never know, I'll probably rewrite it into a more 'novelish' type story in the future) JC-Saved-Me (About the publishing, I doubt that will happen. But a girl's allowed to dream, right? Thanks!) KimHua (Not many people have stuck to Autumn's Beginning all the way to the end! I'm surprised! I don't blame them for not wanting to sit in front of the computer reading a novel-sized story on the internet for hours... thanks! Oh, in the epilogue, I should have put something bigger about Lauren in there. It's in Michael's paragraph. He'd become a believer, and was now good friends with Lauren, I believe. Yeah, that's true, they did get pretty close to dating in those weeks before she became a Christian. I'm not so sure about dating a non-believer, either. From what I've heard--and it may not be much--those sort of relationships only end in heartbreaks. So, before I'm writing my own novel in my author's note, I'd better say thank you and God Bless!)

There once sat two hills

With a valley between

And if one would look

Two camps could be seen

Once camp on one hill

And one on the other

As a battle raged on

Between one another

Now, the camp on the north

Could master them all

They had a champion

Over nine feet tall!

The giant took to taunting

The south camp all day:

“Come out, little weasels!

Come out and come play!”

No Israelite challenged

The big Philistine champ

No warrior was brave enough

To depart from their camp

But then came young David

Our hero, saving the day

The leaders and the soldiers

Could do nothing but pray

As David challenged the giant

With no armor or sword

Only a slingshot and stones

He drew his strength from the Lord

Goliath just laughed

As he saw the young boy

Thinking he’d just crush him

Like he’d step on a toy

The spectators grew quiet

As on Goliath laughed

David readied his slingshot

Was the boy simply daft?

Up went the stone!

Israel’s hope with it

All eyes turned skyward

Until the rock hit

The onlookers gasped:

“Goliath’s forehead!”

Would Israel’s enemy

Turn out to be dead?

David stepped back

‘Til the rock took its toll

Goliath stood still

His eyes began to roll

With a dramatic thump!

The giant fell forward

The Philistines groaned

Their eyes filled with horror

Their sighs were hopeless

Their glares were heated

For each one of them knew

That they’d been defeated