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Technology wise we used frequency hopping radios in the 1970s already and our locally adapted Kfirs (Cheetah) outflew the much vaunted F15 Strike Eagle on exercises
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So I said a bit perplexed “So f what and what is the cheetah doing by the f way?”
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“F yes Sergeant but not more than usual and the f cheetah is now f running away
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As this was in the middle of a city I was puzzled and called the local Zoo to hear if they perhaps lost a cheetah but no, all theirs are accounted for and I can come and look if I don’t believe them
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Why would we believe the long haired animal lovers? So whose cheetah was on the prowl because by now the reports were coming in fast about the whereabouts of the escaping cheetah
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As a result, when the poor cheetah jumped her, we killed it in a hail of bullets
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Sadly the sergeant who gave the interview on television that night with the dead cheetah proudly displayed in front of him died a few months later on duty
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* On the cheetah incident I may be guilty of a failing memory for it seems the cheetah was more a leopard or something and not skinned but given to a taxidermist to play with and still exists because of it
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I was about to call the local Zoo for assistance when I remembered that they were still insulted about the cheetah counting incident (just jealous of our thorough methods and besides they did ask if we wanted to count the remainder)
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This sounded to me like an excellent idea as we still suspected the Zoo of losing a cheetah a few days before and really did not want to bother the police Vet again
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Within two seconds I’m a cheetah, fully and without faults
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I sprinted away like a cheetah on the chase
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Other predators often kill cheetah cubs and
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At the end of the 19th century the cheetah population is
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an area with the highest density of cheetah population in the
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ranchers) have decimated cheetah populations
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of the 19th century the cheetah population may have been over
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Cheetah numbers in the wild are too low (15,000 or less)
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Being a super-cat he was faster than a cheetah
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a cheetah does following a fresh kill
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Suddenly, Adam could see a wild cat, like a Cheetah, flexing and squirming to the music
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reportedly disappeared after human arrival included a camel, a horse, the giant short-faced bear, the giant capybara, two giant armadillo relatives, a llama, a moose, a bison, a cheetah and the sabertooth cat
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Their favorite trails were Cheetah and Simbah, big wide-open intermediate trails
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My mother told me the all the hunters spoke of him as the greatest of hunters because he had tamed the cheetah to hunt antelope
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Only the cheetah could run them down and kill them
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“Are the secrets what he sings to the cheetah?”
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What he is singing is in a special tongue that only he and the cheetah know
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Some say the Cheetah Goddess Mafdet taught him
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He was a young man then and had just found a male cheetah cub next to his dead mother
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She said Antelope Hunter knew nothing about training cheetahs and the cheetah paid no attention to him
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Then the Cheetah Goddess Mafdet came to him in a dream and told him she would teach him how to speak to cheetahs—but he would have to give up his eyes
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it is me, but I have changed,’ and he began singing to the cheetah in his cage
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When I was swimming with Runs like Cheetah the river current took me around the far bend one day
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The Giants carved her as a full size running cheetah with a woman’s head
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“One day he woke and told me the Cheetah Goddess had come to him in a dream and told him she had placed two cheetah cubs beneath a giant ebony tree deep in the forest towards the rising sun
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I knew Runs like Cheetah would become a great hunter, but the two cheetahs seemed uninterested in his stories about them
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I lay there on the river bank remembering how good it felt to be with Runs like Cheetah and then I heard Monkey Mother whispering in my ear like water
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I was torn between being with Runs like Cheetah and the sound of water—and then I was suddenly back at the lip of the cave with Monkey Mother, watching the low red glow disappear
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I remembered the smell of Runs Like Cheetah and then I tried to remember the sound of his laughing
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What you should be asking yourself is this—does my Cheetah Guide feel correct—am I comfortable in his body?”
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Runs like Cheetah told me this is so
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Tell me Monkey Mother, can others see my Cheetah Guide?”
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When you are dying, your Cheetah Guide will appear to others
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Otherwise, your Cheetah Guide is invisible to others, but they will sense its presence, some more than others
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“Your Cheetah Guide will summon the Shadow of the Eye of Creation
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Only your Cheetah Guide has that power
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I entered my spirit body and summoned my Cheetah Guide
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I became a cheetah on four legs pacing across a vast waste of sand that went on and on
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I could feel my Cheetah Guide searching for something
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None of the Goddesses appeared, and then, suddenly, my Cheetah Guide appeared
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I was about to turn back when I saw Runs Like Cheetah in the distant trees and called to him
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Runs Like Cheetah may have become a man during his time at the antelope plain, but he is like a child in his trust of Antelope Hunter
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Runs Like Cheetah will turn away from him, but not because of me; he will turn away because of the river of blood Antelope Hunter will drag though the tribe
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“Runs Like Cheetah is wise in his own way, but he is so good natured his roots have never tasted the darker waters that bring true wisdom
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Sometimes, when we were children, he would grab so many flies and bees out of the air as to make Runs Like Cheetah roll on the ground howling with laughter
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Suddenly, the rear legs of the female started to twitch, and Runs Like Cheetah put his hand up
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When he reached out to touch the cheetah, she suddenly bared her fangs
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Runs Like Cheetah couldn’t stop laughing, “Didn’t I say to wait for me to tell you when?”
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Runs Like Cheetah couldn’t stop laughing, “Your high voice confused them, Little Man, they thought you were singing to them
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The cheetah, still lying on her back, sang back the same sound
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You must whiten your cheetah tears and put on your robe and cheetah headdress
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“I told them I heard Moon Under Water saying to you, ‘As soon as Runs Like Cheetah feels you, you will need something to dumb his design
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“River Mother, it is Runs Like Cheetah
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” His eyes were desperately trying to see my eyes through the white tear marks and the cheetah headdress
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The cheetahs’ uncertainty affected Runs Like Cheetah as well
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Moon Under Water had been right—all they could see was River Mother—the prophet who had returned from the Spirit Caves protected by the fierce Cheetah Goddess Mafdet
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My cheetah headdress told them that, just as my robe told them that the Cobra Goddess Wadjet and the vulture Goddess Nekhbet moved with me wherever I went
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What will become of Runs Like Cheetah now that he has returned to the village?”
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My desire to be with Runs Like Cheetah grew daily—I was on fire—as was Runs Like Cheetah
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Runs Like Cheetah didn’t know about the prophecy, so I asked him if he planned to leave the village soon
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I spoke to Runs Like Cheetah about this many times, but all he could tell me was he had no idea why I would ask him such a thing—he wanted to stay in the village and hunt with his cheetahs until he grew as old as Moon Traveler
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Did it ever occur to you that Runs Like Cheetah is going to leave the tribe because he is going to leave with you, and that neither of you will ever come back?”
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Monkey Mother looked up at me and said, “Speak, Prophet—who will Runs Like Cheetah take with him when he leaves the village in his fifteenth summer”
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The fierce voice rose up within me: “The one called Runs Like Cheetah will take his two cheetahs when he leaves in his fifteenth summer
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Monkey Mother looked confused and blurted out: “Speak, Prophet—why will Runs Like Cheetah leave the village?”
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I looked at Monkey Mother and Moon Under Water and said, “But I have not been with Runs Like Cheetah
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I called out to Baby Man to bring Runs Like Cheetah to my hut
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I had to talk to Runs Like Cheetah about my plan, but I also knew he would be filled with desire
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Runs Like Cheetah replied, “But you still haven’t explained how the shaman can trade a hunter’s soul for that of a lion without killing the hunter
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Runs Like Cheetah looked at me for a long time
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We must find a way afterward to help our brothers and sisters heal, and we must call on others, like Bright Hands and Runs Like Cheetah and Little Man to help us
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The two of them couldn't resist cackling as they congratulated me on my speed in handling such matters, but quickly quieted down as soon as Runs Like Cheetah poked his head in my hut
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Runs Like Cheetah replied, "We will all have bows and arrows as well as spears and will be standing at each end of the river bank near the fires
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If Antelope Hunter stands still long enough, we will shoot poison tip arrows at him and his cheetah
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It was clear to me that Runs Like Cheetah had carefully thought through what tactics he would use
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It was clear that Runs Like Cheetah liked the idea, but before he could say anything, Monkey Mother asked him very sharply “Why are you so sure he'll attack by landing at the river bank
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Runs Like Cheetah nodded his assent and turned to Monkey Mother and Moon Under Water and said to them, "If we stop Antelope Hunter with nets as he attacks River Mother, the battle will be over except for his cheetah
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But the cheetah will still be free and will kill anyone he meets
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If we don't stop Antelope Hunter with nets, and fail to kill his cheetah, then they will surely track all of you down in the Baobob tree
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But the trunks are so huge around that Antelope Hunter will not be able to climb it—only his cheetah will be able to do it
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I will place a spear in the branches to use against the cheetah
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He and his cheetah will then try to kill me, and if they succeed, they will then go after the three young hunters, who will be no match for the two of them
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Runs Like Cheetah said to us, "It is foolish to believe our spears and arrows will stop him easily because it will be very hard to see him in the dark
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Bright Hands and Little Man have made many nets for us that can be thrown over him and his cheetah
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"His spear,” Runs Like Cheetah continued, “may wound or kill one of us, but once he has thrown it, he will be without a weapon for a moment and easily netted
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All we have to deal with then is his cheetah if it is still alive
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If his cheetah can be netted, we will do so
