Life Raider, if you're on here first, be kind and let others guess first!!\n1. Weight in my belly, trees on my back, nails in my ribs, feet I do lack. What am I?\n2. The wave, over a wave, a weird thing I saw, through-wrought, and wonderful ornate: a wonder on the waves, water become bone.\n3. Oft I must strive with wind and water, battle them both while under the sea. I feel out the bottom, a foreign land. In lying still I am strong in the strife. If I fail in that, they are stronger than I, and wrenching me loose, soon put me to rout. They wish to capture what I must keep. I can master them both if my grip holds out. If the rocks bring succour and lend support, strength in the struggle, ask me my name!\n4. Seethed by sizzling searing flames, seven shiny things I saw, hard as shell and round as well, among treasure on the floor. Then they cracked and, all unpacked, seven baby dragons bore.\nThat's it, the book is The Dragonology Handbook by Ernest Drake!
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1. Wooden ship\n2. Iceberg\n3. Oyster\n4. ???\n\nOK change\n3. Anchor
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"even though i walk throught the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no eveil! your rod and staff they comfort me!"\nlife always seems to be more intrested in putting one down! we all go through this! remember you are not alone! Read psalms 23 and 91! read it aloud! day be day you will feel your confidence in something beyond the senses growing and everything else settles itself! faith and hope can still  move moutnains! it is the human will that is capable of anything
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its okay try this \n\nlife's fight\n\nlife can be good and bad\nlife is like a war that never ends\nlife is like a perpetual story \nlife is like a puzzle\ntrying to make the entire puzzle pieces fit impeccably\nwould be a perfect life\nlife is like a boundless fight\nwhen you are in trouble\nlife is like a roller coaster going up and down\nlife can only come to an end \nwhen you feel like you have truly finished gods mission\nlife is like a foot ball team \nwhen the win life is victorius \nwhen they lose life is dissapointing\nlife can be as dark as the sky at night \nbut at other times it can be as bright as the sun \nlife ia as sad as a war but as happay as a newborn baby\nin the end god will pick if you go up or down \nlife can be good or bad\n\nthat is a poem made by my brother Patrick McD
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How can I enjoy scenery when I know that in a few minutes I will be dinner?  Then, after a few days, I will be nothing more than dragon poop! \nOn top of that, how can I enjoy the scenery with those sharp dragon talons digging into me?
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I think it's beautiful that you are able to find words to clothe your emotions in order to express them on paper and allow them passage.  Artistic expression captures those innermost feelings that most everyone experiences at one time or another.  Earlier this moring I was reading something on pain I'd like to share with you.  \n\n"pain is the following of the line of the greatest resistance and thereby reaching the summit of the mountain; pain is the smashing of the form and the reaching of the inner fire; pain is the cold of isolation which leads to the warmth of the central sun; pain is the burning in the furnace in order finally to know the coolness of the water of life; pain is the journeying into the far country, resulting in the welcome to the Father's Home; pain is the illusion of the Father's disowning, which drives the prodigal straight to the Father's heart; pain is the cross of utter loss, that renders back the riches of the eternal bounty; pain is the whip that drives the struggling builder to carry to utter perfection the building of the Temple.\nThe uses of pain are many, and they lead the human soul out of darkness into light, out of bondage into liberation, out of agony into peace. That peace, that light and that liberation, with the ordered harmony of the cosmos are for all the sons of men."
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some of my favourites.\n\nZen says..............\nsex is like air, it only becomes important when u ain't getting enough.\nremember no body's listening, until u fart.\nnever 4get u r unique, just like every1 else.\nthinking no1 cares whether ur dead or alive, try missing a couple of mortgage payments.\nnever test the depth of the water, with both feet.\nif u've lent any1 £20 and never c them again, it was probably worth it.\ndon't worry, it only ever seems kinky, the first time.\nthe quickest way 2 double ur money, is 2 fold it & put it back in ur pocket.\ngood judgement comes from experience & experience comes from bad judgement.\nif u tell the truth, u don't have 2 remember anything.\n& last but not least.\nif at first u don't succeed, sky-diving is not 4 u.
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1. The Lion of Judah, the Lamb that was slain,\n      In power and glory has risen to reign;\n      He only is worthy, none else could prevail\n      To conquer the dragon and open the seal.\n          * Refrain:\n            The Lion of Judah has broken every chain,\n            And gives us the vict’ry again and again.\n   2. An army of aliens all valiant in war\n      May press hard behind thee, the Jordan before;\n      Be not disbelieving, nor faint with dismay,\n      The Lion of Judah the scepter will sway.\n   3. Though armies may compass, though legions assail,\n      With Him for commander we can but prevail;\n      Our watchword is vict’ry, we fear not the throng,\n      With the Lion of Judah we’re ten thousand strong.\n   4. When ended the conflict, the faithful will come,\n      With laurels of vict’ry and gems in their crown;\n      And prostrate before Him with rapture proclaim,\n      The Lion of Judah forever shall reign.
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I haven't read the Odyssey, but these sites may help you.  You can use your imagination since you have to pretend you are Odysseus.  Best of luck with your work.
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LOVE OF MY LIFE!\n\nwho is that wonderin' around the wilderness leanin upon my \nbeloved, set me as a seal upon your heart and as a seal upon your arm, your love is as strong as that but JEALOUSY is as cruel as the GRAVE!!!!!!!!
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(ooh!! OOH!!!  i Know, I KNOW !!!  pick meeee pick mee!!!)\n\nLove GOD and obey HIS Commandments....!!!!\n\n...sorry dood.  =D [ LOL ! ]\nWhoah!!! "thrice blasted" .... what's that???\nsounds something like a vitamin-fortified rice-crispie power-bar for atheletes on the GO !  'part of this balanced breakfast!!'\n"daisy stompers" ROFL !!!!!! \nO.M.G."GREASY CAGE!?"-gaaaaaaah!!! man, you got TALENT ! you should write for Jay Leno... he NEEDS it SO bad.\ni DONT mean to disrespect, but i CANT stop laughing inside!! that language is ssss -HOOO colorful !!!!  & your bitter, lethal consequences sound like a MortalKombat finishing move !!!! =D \nsigh....  daisy troopers ...bwH-HAHAHAAHAAAA!!!! ok, ok...     ok.\nSince you disqualifyingly requested to actually NOT hear what the true meaning of life IS i'll let that fictional "FIGHT CLUB" character "tyler durden" quietly mutter to you what the meaning of life IS-NOT:  Brad Pitt's sorta cool looking, so you'll probably LISTEN to HIM, i mean, since he's not a "daisy-stomper" & all. \n<insert low decibel rumbling noise...>\n"You are not your job...\nyou are not how much money you have in the bank...\nnot the car you drive...\nnot the contents of your wallet. \nYou are not your $#@<!%& khakis." \nso LOOSE the stagnant "religion" & get a 'relationship' with JESUS CHRIST.\nbecause without GOD life is EMPTY and MEANING LESS\nso deal with that, & dont be so hard headed. he LOVES you.\nwhaCHOOknowaaaauuuwbaaaaaaauuuwww daaaaaaaaat...?\n[ man, YOU had me ROLLIN' !!! ]  ...lifeSUCKSwithoutGOD.\n=Hulksmaash !
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holy crap this is strong!\nlast line is the best. \nclearly you are writing with FEELING and I love that.\ntitle it and send it in some time to a contest.\n\nI simply feel the power in this thing!\nit had me look away in sorrow because i know someone that was bullied to death. IF it helps, you need to talk about you feelings. get help. It doesnt have to be face to face, maybe talk to someone on the phone or by email. But yeah.\n\nI also think that you could have ended at the line " I swear I saw blood" and that the other stuff could be a poem all by itself. OR you could have two separate poems that are meant to be read together like " poem1 and poem2".\n\nthis is amazing.Just write with feeling.See, doenst writing with feeling feel better?
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[aside: try not to judge me by what i'm gonna say-- because everything I say is gonna be from my point of view and what I believe.]\n\nfirstly, it's awesome that you're seeking help-- because in a sense-- that's you fighting back.\n\n... i wish i was smarter or more eloquent in the things i say. but i'll give it a shot.\n\nyou said you've become so used to thinking about this everyday that you don't know what you'd be like without it. how are you with it? like-- do you feel a peace when you think of death?\n\nand if so-- is that because you'd be in a better place? or because you just wouldnt be here in this place.\n\nhonestly-- i just wanna say: i dont know why you feel this way. i'm sorry that you do. but you were meant for more than this. in everything I believe inside, you were made with a purpose by a good God who loved you. but there's also satan, whose main goal is just to steal from this good God the very thing He loves-- His creation.\n\nso to me-- the fact that you've struggled with this since you were so young means to me that you were made for something amazing. just because--why else would satan work so hard to take your life and very purpose away if he didn't feel like you'd be something great in life.\n\ni really am grateful you're still here. and that you've been so strong. and i'm sorry if i trivialized anything or offended you in any way.\n\nim not trying to say "oh. you feel this way? ok-- just means you'll grow more and be better off in the end" >> no not at all. \n\nim so sorry that THIS was the hand you were given. but i really do believe that your life is something to be celebrated. that you have a purpose. i believe that for all of us. \n\ni too struggled with something since i was so so young.and it really did become my identity. i struggled with it for about 15 years, until it was like one day-- God just gave me an answer i didnt even know i was looking for.\n\nfor some reason i asked myself that day-- 'why me? why have i struggled with this since i was... so SO young?' \n\nand i felt so strongly on the inside for the first time in my life God saying-- 'because-- satan knew your potential. and what you could be if you got it right'\n\nand it was actually in that moment that i was freed. i really was. it just-- angered me that the devil cost me 15 years of my life-- but i realized that day that the rest of my life was meant for something. that what the freakin devil meant for evil-- God can use for good.\n\nand so that's what He did in me. i teach kids now... and im pretty much trying to help them deal with what i had to. \n\nwhat im trying to say with all this rambling (sorry about that by the by)... is that your life. matters so much. please-- don't end it. and keep up the good fight. because you were meant for something more than what death has to offer.
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That's interesting that you ask if they were his pets because of this verse from the book of Job that describes some type of gigantic creature with a Hebrew word whose translation is uncertain and long before the modern term "dinosaur" came into use.\n\nHere God is talking to Job about what He can do and asking Job if he thinks that he can do the same.\n\nJob 41:1  "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?  (2)  Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?  (3)  Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words?  (4)  Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever?\n\nliwyātān: I. A masculine proper noun meaning Leviathan. It describes a huge indomitable being that God created and whom only He fully comprehends and controls.\n\nA further description God gives of this animal makes it seem like a sea going fire breathing dragon.\n\nJob 41:15  His back is made of rows of shields, shut up closely as with a seal.  (16)  One is so near to another that no air can come between them.  (17)  They are joined one to another; they clasp each other and cannot be separated.  (18)  His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.  (19)  Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth.  (20)  Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes.  (21)  His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.\n\n\nHere's another unknown creature that God asks Job about.\n\nJob 40:15  Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.  (16)  Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.  (17)  He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.  (18)  His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.  (19)  He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.  (20)  Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.  (21)  He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.  (22)  The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.  (23)  Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.  (24)  He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
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Love-unconditionally  Laugh-until your belly hurts Live- life to the fullest\n\n\n\nLet your life speak\n\nNothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.\nRalph Blum\n\nTo find what you seek in the road of life, \nthe best proverb of all is that which says:\n"Leave no stone unturned."\nEdward Bulwer Lytton\n\n\n\nGovern thy life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.\nThomas Fuller\n\nLife is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.\nHypocrites \n\nAfter the game,\nthe king and the pawn go into the same box.\nItalian Proverb\n\nLife is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.\nLa Bruyere\n\n\nLife is like a library owned by the author.\nIn it are a few books which he wrote himself,\nbut most of them were written for him.\nHarry Emerson Fosdick\n\nThe best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.\nElbert Hubbard\n\nLife's a voyage that's homeward bound.\nHerman Melville\n\nThe boundaries which divide life from death\nare at best shadowy and vague.\nWho shall say where one ends,\nand the other begins?\nEdgar Alan Poe\n\nOne way to get the most out of life is\nto look upon it as an adventure.\nWilliam Feather\n\nThere are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.\nRainer Maria Rilke\n\nTo live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.\nSamuel Butler\n\nLife is a pure flame,\nand we live by an invisible sun within us.\nSir Thomas Brown\n\nAs I grow to understand life less and less,\nI learn to love it more and more.\nJules Renard
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I have a several personally-relevant favourites and can't choose between them, so here they all are:\n\n“Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there.” \n- Thomas Berger.\n\nBe an individual. Don’t make it easy to be dismissed in a sentence.\n\n“O God, if I worship you in fear of Hell, burn me there; and if I worship you in hope of Paradise, shut its gates to me...”  \n- Sufic saying.\n\nAlways remember you’re unique, just like everyone else.\n\nWhy should a person suffer in silence when they can moan, cry, whimper and complain?\n\nI don’t suffer from stress. I’m a carrier.
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this answer will bring us to level 3!! our favorite is...precious\n\nwe would like to thank Vligar Dragon for helping us to get to level 3!
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oh now this one i love\n\na quote from Conversations with God\nthe author starts by saying\n\n "wow you inspire me " \nGod replies .... well if God cant inspire you , who in the hell can ?\n\nauthor " are you always so flippant ? "\n\nGod " I meant that not as flipancy ... read it again "\n\nauthor " oh i see ! "\n\nGod " however it would be ok if i were being flip though wouldnt it ? "\nauthor " i dont know , i am used to my God being a little more serious "\nGod " well do me a favour and dont try to contain me .. by the way , do yourself the same favour "\n\nthere is more to this but i loved this part ..... this is what God is to me xx