Sad. Short. Simple. The story gives rather little about anything, the main character and the cheetah are unnamed, and the story doesn't tell anything about their background. What the story does, it describes one feeling, one moment, and it does this very well, the one scene in the story is rather strong. In a way, the short story is perfect in its own simpleness, just describing one feeling into words, and thus immortalizing it. Very interesting little piece, I enjoyed reading this very much. Good work.

Thank ye. I'm glad you liked it and I'll keep your words in mind for the future.

It's one thing. A single dot in the picture of life. Powerful. You understand the situation, knowing so little.

I find that offencive.

I didn't know whether to take it as a compliment or as criticism (either I don't mind, I took it as the better). How did I offend?

You doing it again!
I find smileys degrading. They're a sign of a lack of the ability to show how one means something.

At first I thought you meant the smiley as opposed to the little short I wrote. I didn't realize that was what you meant. I was just putting the smiley there to let you know I read it; though, I could have put, "Thanks for the comment." or something instead (the other reply I did really didn't need the smiley but at the time I happened to just stick it on there out of habit). I also started thinking about it and figured it was kind of one of those, author-to-author courtesies, to put the reply in words instead of smileys. I'm a common guy, with a simple hobby. A novice author, if you will. I probably should have realized it was a given courtesy to put words instead.

No, I just hate smileys. I don't hate 1-word comments, they still count. But smileys are the disgrace of the Internet communication!

Quite interesting. Begs but one question- HOW and WHY did he lose her? Is he to blame?

Remarkable piece as short as it is.

Crap. I was going to chew you out for being snippy and I misfired my comment for the author... Lol. lol.

Now, in the right place!

Quite interesting. Begs but one question- HOW and WHY did he lose her? Is he to blame?

Remarkable piece as short as it is. I think this might have been more "clear" and hit closer to home and to current events if the plane had gone down and he really, truly had lost her. But your version is cool too :)

He had his chance to ask but couldn't bring himself to do so. Kind of a, "Don't miss out on a great opportunity." moral.

I particularly liked the part where everybody was watching him as he left the airport. That seemed very real to me.

Ah, I thought so as well. I know that most individuals wouldn't pass up on a look at something different in their environment (a door opening in a classroom, a siren outside), so I tried to think up more of what was going on around him; aaaaand I added the old 'coon in there because it reminded me of some elderly people I know, lol. Thanks on the comment.