Bet on Dark Streak

From Create Your Own Story

You put your money on Dark Streak and hope.

"And they're off! Brown Lightning breaks well, followed closely by Dark Streak and Bolt Of Flame. At the quarter pole they're neck and neck. Bolt Of Flame takes the lead at the halfway point but Dark Streak and Brown Lightning are close behind. It's anyone's race as we approach the turn. Brown Lightning charging hard on the outside with Bolt Of Flame on the rail trying to hold him off. Now here comes Dark Streak pushing in between as they thunder down the stretch. All three of them are charging to the finish line and here we come the final few lengths. It's too close to call! We have a photo finish!"

A minute or two later, the photos appear on the big screen. Bolt Of Flame -- by the narrowest of margins -- edged out Dark Streak with Brown Lightning in third place by a whisker.

Now you have zero dollars. Oh well.

Your landlady is a good-looking, middle-aged, recently widowed woman. Maybe you can find some other way to pay this month's rent... but that's a different story.

The End.