Climbing Clyde

Clyde was a climber. He climbed all sorts of things.

Clyde climbed rock walls to feel the breeze. Clyde climbed buildings and trees.

Clyde never said nope. Clyde never lost hope.

If he couldn't make it to the top, he would climb something else, but he always tried. Yes he did, Clyde.

All sorts of people didn't understand Clyde. They would say things like "Get your head out of the clouds" or "You might hurt yourself Clyde".

But Clyde didn't understand all sorts of people. He liked the clouds. He hurt himself countless times.

Clyde thought those times made him smarter.

He would learn when he would fall, to try things a different way. He would appreciate the clouds and the things that he saw when he climbed stuff.

One day someone drove by Clyde while he was walking. The black window of a blacker car started to roll down; he payed attention because he liked to learn about things that he didn't know.

The car was mysterious, as was the Man inside. The Man had dark glasses on. Clyde couldn't see his eyes. When the Man started speaking, Clyde listened.

Clyde listened to stories about beautiful homes, and fancy cars. Clyde listened to stories about comfortable shoes. Clyde listened to stories about neat gadgets; and how to get the money to have them for himself.

Clyde put down the rope that he climbed stuff with. He got a job. He gave his bike to Luke and got a car. He got a better job and picked up more shifts. Then he got a computer. Clyde had climbed rope for years, that was hard. So Clyde climbed latters, that was easy. Clyde bought nice shoes, and then he got some dark glasses.

Clyde wanted a bigger house so he put in some overtime.

He loved to grill steak and watch his big T.V. in the evenings.

One day Clyde saw Luke riding a bike to the top of a mountain.

Clyde wondered why Luke always had his head in the clouds. So Clyde decided to tell Luke how to get an air conditioned home.

Luke doesn't understand people like Clyde.

Luke likes enjoying all day, every day.