sábado, mayo 16, 2009

24. Flying lessons

Publicado por Alba |

You know that little boy that flew and was never seen again? He fell and broke his neck. It wasn't broken all the way, though, luckily. The traveling salesman that found him talked him back to life. The traveler had a really lovely voice, you see. It really was that lovely.

The thing is the boy had not a single memory left, for his head took the rest of the blow his neck was saved for. Fortunately, the salesman had an eye for people, developed in his many travels, and he was able to teach the boy quite a lot about himself, just from observing him.

His clothes told him about the boy's mother's income. His haircut talked about the kind of school he went to. And so on and so forth. The man transmitted this information to the boy.

Although some bits he kept for himself. The traveling salesman well-advisedly omitted that which he was able to see through his shoes. Nobody should know that much about their own future.

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