Seanye Warhol Commiserates With The Laddermaker From Sterbaville
After he parted from good King Litebrite, Seanye Warhol continued into the smaller kingdom of Sterbaville. He instantly noticed that the ground was completely littered with ladders of different sizes. Most of them were very tall, and all of them were very beautiful. They were built by hand with beautiful carvings running their length. Straight through the middle of town, there was one ladder taller than all the rest. It looked like it could probably reach the moon. The citizens of Sterbaville seemed unaware of the ladder and just kept tripping over them as the walked by. When he asked someone about the ladders, they did not speak, they simply pointed to a small cottage on the edge of town.
When Seanye Warhol approached the cottage, he was a man outside sitting on the ground, talking to himself. Seanye asked the man who he was, and it turned out he was the laddermaker of the town. When Seanye Warhol asked about the ladders all over town, the laddermaker warned that his tale was long and heartbreaking, but Seanye was curious and used to heartbreak.
The laddermaker explained how he had once been very happy. He had a grrl he loved, and he had been honored to build a ladder to the top of the tallest tower in the king's castle. After the success of this project, he decided to build a ladder to the bottom of the deepest gorge when the evil dragons lived. The laddermaker hoped that this gesture of peace would ease tensions with the dragons and bring about harmony. The town was initially very supportive of the laddermaker. The dragons, however, cared nothing for peace. They viewed the ladder as an invasion of their privacy and vowed to seek revenge on the laddermaker. One day, they stole his grrl, who he was set to marry the next June, and put her on the moon. The laddermaker was heartbroken, but his resolve was strong. He was determined to build a ladder to the moon. Initially everyone supported him because they had loved the young couple. However, all of his attempts kept failing. He would build the ladders very high, sometimes halfway to the moon, and they would break in half. His next idea was to build a series of smaller ladders, tie them together on the ground until they were tall enough, then pull the ladder up so that it reached the moon. By this point, however, the townspeople though the laddermaker had gone crazy and no longer wished to help him. He was sure the ladder would work, but without help, he could not pull it upright. So now the kingdom of Sterbaville was littered with ladders and populated by a bevy of disinterested citizens and one heartbroken laddermaker. Seanye Warhol vowed that in his journeys, he would search for good-hearted people to come help the laddermaker finally reunite with his one true love. Seanye Warhol wished the laddermaker well and continued on his journey...
The Great Ladder Fiasco
© Sean Nolan 2010
To Sean G.,
Build a ladder to the moon,
Hugz 'n' kissiz,
Sean
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