Tuesday, April 26, 2011

See Steve run, and run, and run


See Steve.
See Steve run.
See Steve run down the street.
Steve is running a long way down the street.
Steve is doing this to stay in shape.
He is not doing it for fun.
Running is not fun to Steve.
Getting old and fat isn’t fun to Steve, either.
So Steve runs.
Run, Steve, run!
Steve runs onto a sidewalk.
The sidewalk is getting old like Steve.
The sidewalk is not in shape like Steve.
It has cracks and holes.
It has puddles of water.
It almost has one of Steve’s ankles.
Steve is not happy with the sidewalk.
Steve wishes the city would fix the sidewalk.
Steve isn’t getting his hopes up.
Why doesn’t Steve get his hopes up?
Look at the streets.
The streets look like the surface of the moon.
Except the moon is smoother.
So Steve keeps running.
Run, Steve, run!
Steve runs into a park.
The park has a jogging trail.
Steve likes the jogging trail.
He doesn’t like it very long.
People walked dogs on the jogging trail before Steve.
The dogs did something besides walking.
The dogs left what they did in Steve’s path.
Steve detects a smell.
The smell is following Steve.
The smell IS Steve!
Steve’s shoe has dog on it.
Steve runs on.
Run, Steve, run!
Steve comes to a busy street.
The street has a pedestrian light.
The light tells Steve to wait.
Now the light tells Steve he can go.
Steve crosses the street.
A car wants to cross the street, too.
The light didn’t tell the car it could cross the street.
Steve stops.
He stops quickly.
The car doesn’t stop.
The car goes by Steve.
Steve is close to the car.
He is so close to the car he can see the driver.
The driver does not look happy.
The driver thinks Steve did something wrong.
The driver says something to Steve.
The driver invites Steve to go someplace.
That place is very hot.
Steve would rather keep running.
Run, Steve, run!
Steve runs home.
Steve is sweating.
Steve is tired.
Steve’s shoe smells.
Steve almost twisted his ankle.
Steve almost became a hood ornament.
Steve was told to go to a hot place.
Steve thinks about running.
He thinks getting old and fat might be better than running.
Then Steve sees his wife.
His wife likes to exercise.
His wife is in good shape.
Why does Steve’s wife have to be in such good shape?
What can Steve do?
Steve runs.
Run, Steve, run!


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