Rosa Parks-inspired, he makes a stand; he begins to breathe.

My third posting for a Tale a Day in Ten Words made on the anniversary of the birth of a much-celebrated lady

I did agonise over this one.  I mean, does a hyphenated word become a single word or does it still count as two words even when hyphenated?  I decided to add the second “he” as I’d used a hyphenated word and then, well, should I have added another hyphen between Rosa and Parks, potentially making it nine words? Oh, it’s a quandry. In the end I settled for it as it is. After all, these are my own rules!