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It is a result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. - Colin Powell 5 Title of artwork : Smitten Chicken ARTIST : Alycia Hood, age 17 6 Question from Hashtag Oz to Alycia Hood “What is the inspiration behind Smitten Chicken?” This was more of a technical piece. I wanted to work on my watercolor painting, and when I saw a beautiful picture of a chicken, I set out to re- create it. My brother has always had an obsession with chickens, and one of my other siblings pointed out that the chicken looked like it was staring intensely at someone. Hence, I decided it was smitten. - Alycia Hood 7 t was almost as if paternal continued on his way. He But as they arrived, he saw instincts appeared within didn’t know if that was out of a flash of lights and heard ICharlie, because once the jealousy or the fact that Myra footsteps on his back patio. crashing and the shouting, and wasn’t 18 yet and Kyle looked He swore to himself. all the commotion happened, more scared than she was. Very quickly, he turned he grabbed Jade and Ray But he continued through the to Ray and shouted, and ran. He didn’t know what crowds of people with Myra on “To Edward’s room!” he was doing, where he was his right, Jade on his left, and Ray didn’t have time to argue. going, or really why he was Ray following behind. By then the FBI had gotten running in the first place. The “What’s going on?” Jade most of the kids to surrender, FBI for alcohol? Seems a bit demanded, but Charlie didn’t and they were all on their much. But he didn’t care. He have enough time to reply. He knees, hands on their heads. It high-tailed it out of there. didn’t even have a reply. He made it difficult to get past and Along the way he found Myra just shook his head at her to up the stairs, but thankfully curled up in Kyle’s arms, both be quiet and handed her off there were still some rowdy terrified out of their wits. And to Ray. He signaled with a nod teens causing havoc. once Charlie reached her, that he was planning on going Ray took that chance to dash he pulled her out of Kyle’s to the back door that would to the stairs with Charlie hot on arms and into his arms and enter his backyard. 8 his tails, hauling a trembling on the side of the fence. Then, whole house? Charlie hoped it Myra in his arms. Once up the with experience, jumped onto was the latter. stairs, Jade took initiative and the fence and descended on So, with Myra back home, and figured out what Charlie was the other side. It wasn’t that far Ray , Jade and Charlie ready to getting at. She ushered Ray of a jump and the rest of them clean, they opened the front into Edward’s room and began were able to make it there door of his house, which he opening the window. easily. Once they were safely was very happy didn’t have the on the other side, they let out a “Whoa, whoa,” Ray paused, yellow crime scene tape. breath and then began to run shaking his head. “I am not through his neighbor’s back However, he wasn’t happy jumping out of that window, yard until they reached the when he saw how trashed his this is a two-story house!” forest behind it, where they house truly was. He was almost Charlie rolled his eyes, “would slowed down. tempted to call the FBI and you rather be arrested by the demand them to clean because Charlie caught up to Myra, “I FBI?” he swore that his house wasn’t won’t let anything happen to as trashed before they arrived. “Yeah, maybe I would, I haven’t you.” He seized Myra around done anything wrong.” the neck and tried to pull her into a kiss. “That’s the problem isn’t it? “Thats the Why is the FBI here if no one’s “Stop!” done anything wrong?” Charlie Charlie laughed, and quickly problem, questioned, and Ray fell silent. looked behind him to see if “And we’re not jumping out of Myra had heard. She looked isn’t it? Why the window,” Jade explained, to be too much in thought to “Eddie’s window leads to the hear anything. But then his is the FBI roof of the porch, we’ll escape eyes glanced at Jade’s and she through that.” glared back. here if no Jade climbed out of the window What did he do? one’s done and jumped onto the roof. Ray Once they reached the edge followed shortly afterwards. of the forest and met with a anything Myra was a different problem. road, they stopped. Then with She kept shaking her head no, a discussion that was very Jade wrong? “ her body trembling. based, they decided to just Charlie’s eyes softened. “Trust sneak into Jade’s house and me, it’s not as scary as you spend the night there. But the trio just let out a sigh think,” he placed his hands and began to clean. Charlie And although the party was a on her shoulders and looked in the kitchen, Jade in the bust, the night was still spent her in the eyes, “I won’t let living room, and Ray, who with fun. They decided to crack anything happen to you.” lost rock paper scissors, in the open some Netflix and watch Myra nodded and reluctantly bathroom. But then about ten a comedy to get their minds walked towards the window. minutes later Charlie heard off of the FBI. It was a bonding However, her pace picked up Jade’s voice call out from the experience; which Charlie was when heavy footsteps started living room, and she sounded especially grateful for. to make their way up the stairs. concerned. Myra descended, and soon The next morning, they “What is it?” He yelled back, enough Charlie was out too, decided to head back to walked through the hallway carefully closing the window Charlie’s house to see how and into the living room.