Robot

Leonardo in the 21st Century: Although many feel robots are a phenomenon wrought of our modern age, we need remind ourselves that it was the master (500 years ago) who forfeited his Florentine nationality in order to design lethal robots...machines that fascinated, astounded, and dumfounded strong armies...machines in the service of men through the art of WAR!

Spotted

You should have known better than to engage in a chess duel with Dr. Van Duggle. Although you think you know how to micro-manage pawns in a black-and-white world, it was only a matter of time until he spotted your weakness and capitalized on his opportunity to "check" your King.

Speed

The tortoise, although fully aware that his strength lies in his defense from the wild beasts that ravaged the land, wished that he too could make swift of himself like the others. Although we each possess distinct gifts and abilities, some of us will do anything in our attempts to "measure up".

Spring

Laying limply in a hot spring in the south hills of Tuscany, the Barbarian general had no clue that cupid - always waiting in the wings for a little mischief - was capitalizing on a golden opportunity. Little did Cupid know that it was HE who was playing the fool, as Pandorus sprung on this chance to steal a stiff arrow from the vulnerable quiver and shot it through the belt of Orion. The coarsing of this arrow created a cataclysmic cosmic event which many now call the vernal equinox -- the "coming of the Spring season". It was at this time that Cupid knew that his holiday was truly over, at least for another 10 months.