Character Description- To be read by teacher He sat, slumped upon a large tree stump, his booted feet resting on the

ground. Beads of sweat trickled down his dirty and tired face and his dark brown hair clung to the back of his neck. Beneath his helmet, his eyes showed his pain, they were vacant and lonely. His hand tightly clenched his shining sword, which was glistening in the golden sunlight. The sword sat proudly, eyeing anybody who sighted it in a menacing manor. In his other hand, the soft, leathery reins which led up to his magnificent white stallion who towered about the soldier like a tower. The man glanced at the white beast and slowly rose to his aching feet. Hed been working for days, yet still there was no end in sight. Silently and powerfully he swung on to his horses back and his booing voice called to him to trot. In a moment, the powerful stead made off, and the aging man bravely carried on his way, moving further and further away from his life to save his country.