May 5, 2009
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Midnight Madness
“What’s going on! What’s going on!” Darren was screaming, “Where did the sun go?? WHERE DID IT GO?”
“Darren, whatever is the matter?” his mother cried as she ran to the scene while fastening her bathrobe.
“They took it,” Darren said emphatically, “Someone took it. Someone took the sun.”
“Why darling, it’s just night. No one took the sun.”
“WELL THEN WHERE DID IT GO?” Darren barked angrily.
“It’s on the other side of the earth, that’s all,” Darren’s mother said, holding her son while sympathizing, “Oh you poor baby.”
“How could someone hide the sun behind the earth,” Darren whispered quietly before belting, ”WHEN THE SUN IS BIGGER THAN THE EARTH.”
“Well, dear, I, I don’t know . . .”
“LIES, ALL LIES, NO ONE TELLS THE TRUTH, AND IT’S BECAUSE THEY STOLE THE SUN.” By this time Darren was stomping around and waving his fists in the air like he was pounding on something.
“Darling,” his mother reasoned in her soft voice, ”it will be back in the morning, I promise.”
“They shouldn’t take it. No one should have permission to do that. I want the sun back RIGHT NOW,” Darren said, screaming the last two words in a rough, shrill manner.
“What about the moon though? Don’t you like the moon?”
“THAT TOO. They not only took the sun, but they’ve been eating the moon litte by little. There’s barely any left,” Darren said sadly, starting to cry a little.
“Well, don’t you like it being dark for a little bit?” his mother asked gently.
“I don’t mind it being dark, I just wish the sun were here,” Darren pouted, as though his best friend had just moved away.
“What about the stars? There are lots of stars at night, so it’s like a whole sky of suns!”
“But they aren’t real suns or else the SKY would not be DARK. They are FAKE SUNS,” Darren yelled, now angry again, “And they are too small to be the sun. THEY STOLE IT, THEY STOLE IT, THEY STOLE IT.”
“Oh now dear, they’re just borrowing it. They will give it back in the morning. The sun has other friends, you know. Would that be very fair if you got to keep it all to yourself all the time?”
“I guess not,” Darren accepted poutingly.
“Well there there, just get in bed and go to sleep then, I’ll see you in the morning.”
“I still don’t know where they hide it . . .” Darren muttered as his one last complaint before falling sound asleep.
Comments (9)
I enjoyed this story.
Heh. Truth is, I like the moon better than the sun. Darren is too young to know that the sun is “hiding” because the earth is moving on its axis. And the sun could “hide” depending on the turn of the earth.
they stole it! my precious. filthy little hobbitsss! they stole it from us!
Interesting.
Awesome story.
Martha
Hello Philip,
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@c_jamaica -
Interesting you should mention that, because Darren is actually about 30. He is based on Buster from Arrested Development, if you’ve seen that show.
@MCTCanadian -
Hahaha. Good thing Darren can’t do that impression or his mom might get *really* worried.
@StrokeofThought -
OOhh. Really? Wow. No, I haven’t heard of that show. It’s interesting. I’ll look it up.
Sounds like a Shel Silverstein poem.
@c_jamaica -
All three seasons are on hulu.com if you want to know. I watched all three of them last week – which sort of explains why it was on my mind.
@von_diesem_kopf -
Ha, I remember reading a few of those back in the day. I can see what you mean.