April 12, 2003
It Was A Rainy Day...
...and the children all gathered under a large oak tree as the tribal elder told them stories. Back in their parents' parents' time, he said, the earth hadn't been covered in water. Although their sins had forced the angry gods to visit them with eternal rain, wind and snow, that hadn't always been the case. In the old days, he continued, a large orange ball would occasionally appear in the sky and the rain would briefly stop.
The children asked, what do we need to do to make the orange ball appear again? They said, we'd like to play baseball, or go camping, or just be able to walk down to the store without bundling up for a trip to the Arctic.
The tribal elder said that anything was possible. Perhaps in time, he said, the orange ball (which he called "the sun"), would return, disperse the clouds, and raise temperatures to the unheard-of levels of 50, maybe even a shocking 60, degrees. He promised that, in time, the children would be able to go play outside once again.
The children looked doubtfully at one another. The tribal elder was clearly out of his mind. They shook their heads, and slinked back off into the pouring rain.
Posted by michaelf at April 12, 2003 09:41 AM
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That tribal elder was clearly out of his mind. The "sun" is a myth invented to scare small children...
Posted by: shannon at April 12, 2003 11:09 AM
i was fooled! i thought the sun of my younger days had gone to a a better place, and into the recesses of my somewhat shotty memory. but it came back! yesterday i did some reading OUTSIDE and the letters didn't run, get piled in snow, or blow away! and people were smiling at each other, and strangers were saying to one another: "a nice day, for once, at last, huh?" and the children who felt they'd never known a world without snow wind and rain were confused, but rejoiced in the not-quite-warm-but-warm-enough-to-call-it-nice weather. and people were smiling! and not wearing coats!
Posted by: christine at April 13, 2003 01:06 PM
Yeah, yesterday afternoon the sun came out here too. I guess it's a good lesson; bitch + moan enough and you'll eventually get your way. Take THAT to heart, folks.
Posted by: Michael at April 14, 2003 01:57 AM
Hey, I once threw a hissy on my site about how no one would grant me a job interview / I'd be unemployed for life and...less than 6 hours later, got an interview offer.
Keep whining about the sun! Please! I beg of you!
Posted by: shannon at April 14, 2003 09:38 AM
Good idea, Shannon. Why is it only 50 degrees? Would it kill the sun to warm us up to, like 70? Huh?
Posted by: Michael at April 14, 2003 11:30 AM
