## Space Cowboy ![[Space Cowboy 2.jpg|400]] [Author generated AI Image from Google Gemini] Raindrops threaten the desiccated flatlands, scrub brush shiver in the cool breeze. Angry clouds perch above the fortress of basalt, brimming with fury, waiting to lash out. Goat tracks, long tendrils, eroded into the earth, pointing toward home, illuminated by dust caught in the fading rays fighting the nights slow grasp. Colson ambles along, the creak of leather, a quiet rustling, no more than a whisper, from the Sunday saddle blanket breaks the sadness. Gazing across the range the cowboy hears the wind, voicing his tale of love. It was a secret the wind carried on its breath, forever lost. --- The random word is: **Whisper** The required sentence is: "It was a secret the wind carried on its breath."