What Am I?

I am the world's largest mammal.
I live in Africa.
What am I?
My legs are about six feet,
and my tongue is twenty one inches.
What am I?
I can not swim,
and I only sleep four and half hours of sleep.
What am I?
I have a spotted coat.
I like to eat from trees.
What am I?
I like to walk.
I like to gallop.
What am I?
I can kill an animal with a kick.
But ticks can feed on me.
What am I?

~Gratitude~

I am thankful for my mom,
and that she can be calm.
I am thankful for my boyfriend,
because he's always there for me in the end.
I am thankful for my small pup,
he can just make anyone crack up.
I am thankful for my sisters,
even though when they come around its like a twister.
I am thankful for my dad,
even when he is mad.
I am thankful for my nephew,
sometimes he has a funny hairdo.
I am thankful for the rest of my family,
because either way they have made me happy.

The mysterious thing!

I sit at the window watching it freeze from the snow outside. It is such a sad cold day. What is that? A thump on the roof. I run to my room grab my jacket and head for outside. I walk all the way around the house and see nothing. Back inside as I open the door I see something run by. I think nothing of it and sit back at the window. Suddenly I scream. Something touched my shoulder. As I turn around you would never expect what I see next. A cat! What a cat you say? Yes a cat. The same cat on Cat in the Hat. Maybe it is his brother or sister even, it is wearing a pink bow. Oh man what trouble I am in now. I know this cat is trouble from the movie I seen. I stand in silence wonder what is on that cat's mind. Cat says nothing for such a long amount of time. Then all of a sudden he walks out the door. The first thing I do is lock the door; now I am safe. I go into my room and hide under the blankets. Next thing I know the blankets get pulled off! I scream and Cat is standing there laughing so hard he could pass out. I ask what he is laughing at. Cat just walks out of my room. As I am following him to the kitchen I see such a mess- food is scattered everywhere, all the drawers are pulled out, and the living room is much worse I can not even explain. I sit on the floor so upset Cat laughs and just says "Haven't you seen my movie I cleaned up their house perfectly." I knew everything would be fixed but I just did not like the fact that he was here. I sit Cat down and ask him questions like why he is here? Why did it have to be me? Cat patted my head and said there is a perfect explanation why I am here. First of all he was here to take me to a better place because something bad was going to happen but he could not tell me what. Also he added that I will return when it is safe and everything will seem normal when I get back. Man did I think this cat was crazy. I would never just up and leave and go with some cat I just met to a safe place. So more questions arose for this cat. How do I know he is not lying? Why is he only taking me? That is when he told me that there will be other people there just not a lot. Certain people are taken there when something very dramitic is going to happen to them. Then he said it is up to me, but I will not like the results if I do not go. So I did decide to go, and even though I went the results still weren't great...