| THE ROPE Another one of those stories that just popped into my inbox....you know the drill!! I read, I loved, I prayed, I rhymed!!! This is destined to be a classic!! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!! |
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE SAYING IN THE ADAGE OLD, BUT TRUE THAT FAITH ISN'T REALLY FAITH AT ALL UNTIL IT'S ALL YOU'RE HOLDING ON TO? THIS STORY FLEW AROUND THE WEB TILL IT LANDED IN MY MAIL I HAD NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS TRUE. FOR I 'VE HEARD STRANGER TALES! IT SEEMS THERE WAS A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER ALWAYS SEEKING BIGGER FAME EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ALREADY MADE HIMSELF QUITE A NAME HE WAS CONSIDERED AMONG THE BEST STILL, HE THOUGHT IT NOT ENOUGH HE WANTED TO OUTDO EVERYONE WITH A CLIMB IMPOSSIBLY TOUGH! AND THAT'S THE REASON ONE WINTER'S DAY ON A FREEZING AFTERNOON HE STOOD FACING WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT WAS A CLIMB TO CERTAIN DOOM THIS PEAK HAD BEEN SCALED BEFORE BY SOME BUT ALWAYS IN THE WARMTH OF SPRING NEVER IN WINTER OR THE DARK OF THE NIGHT FOR THAT WAS RISKING EVERYTHING! THE EXPERTS SAID THAT SUCH A CLIMB AT NIGHT IN THE FREEZING COLD? COULD MEAN ONLY CERTAIN DEATH FOR ANY FOOL THAT RASH OR BOLD THAT'S ALL OUR HERO HAD TO HEAR A FEAT TOO DANGEROUS TO UNDERTAKE!! AT ONCE HE STARTED MAKING PLANS REGARDLESS OF THE STAKES HIS YOUNG WIFE ARGUED FERVENTLY BEFORE DISSOLVING INTO TEARS "WHY MUST YOU BE SO FOOLISH?" "WE'VE NOT YET BEEN WED A YEAR!!" BUT HE IGNORED HER ANGUISH FULL OF HIMSELF AND ANTICIPATION "I'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU KNOW IT" AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A CELEBRATION!" "THEN CLIMB WITH GOD," SHE WHISPERED "I PRAY YOU COME SAFELY HOME "I DON'T NEED GOD'S HELP" HE LAUGHED I'LL MAKE THIS CLIMB ON MY OWN!" SO HERE HE WAS PREPARED TO GO BOOTS ON....EQUIPMENT IN PLACE AS HE SET OUT FROM HIS SMALL BASE CAMP TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN'S COLD NORTHERN FACE HE'D CALCULATED THAT THIS CLIMB WOULD TAKE 4 HOURS TO COMPLETE NIGHT HAD FALLEN AWHILE AGO HE'D ASCEND IN THE DARK...WHAT A FEAT! SO ALONE IN THE ALREADY BONE-CHILLING COLD HE STARTED UP THE SHEER ROCKY WALL THE BEAM ON HIS HARD HAT LIGHTING THE WAY FOR EACH DELIBERATE AND CAREFUL FOOTFALL SLOWLY AND STEADILY THE MINUTES TICKED BY THE COLD QUICKLY GREW MORE INTENSE HIS TOES & HIS FINGERS LOST ALL FEELING FIRST AS HE DOGGEDLY CONTINUED THE ASCENT ONE THING HE HADN'T TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WAS THE BLACKNESS OF THIS WINTER NIGHT NOT EVEN A MOONBEAM...OR ONE SINGLE STAR JUST THE BEAM OF HIS OWN HELMET'S LIGHT! |
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