Celestial Bodies

Once, there was a spotted sun gecko. He found a perfect spot to hide out. This spot was just perfect. On a black shingled tile. Right in the sun. He lay there like a little blob of joy, melting deeply into the shingled tile with the delightful suns rays. How delightful, spotted sun gecko thought. Is this paradise? He continued to think. Still, one thing was missing in his life. After a couple of hours, the suns rays began to recede and pass over the black shingled tile where he lay. Grimacing, frustrated, for spotted sun gecko could get mighty grumpy when he was in the shade, he quickly galloped across the shingled black tile and onto the next shingled black tile. Ahh! There! He exhaled heavily. The suns beams again illuminated his spotted gecko's body. After a moment, he relaxed. The shade had left him mighty chilly! Now, in the sun again, he thought, is this. . . Is this paradise? Moments passed, only moments this time and again he began to feel the frigid shade creeping, creepin...

Once, there was a sun traveller. This was no ordinary sun traveller. This sun traveller only travelled in the daylight. It's why they called him sun traveller. This sun traveller was a real pilgrim. He kept in his pocket a piece of paper, with his contact on it. He never knew where he would go or who he would meet. One sunny afternoon, sun traveller lifted his eyes to the skies when what did he see? He saw a massive ladder raising up, up, up into the clouds. There was a single, solitary cloud this day. And lo and behold, it covered the sun pleasantly protecting sun travellers eyes from being hurt. The ladder shot right up, straight through it. He had many travels to undertake that day, many visits to conduct. Still, curiosity was piqued. And so, up, up, up sun traveller climbed until he was deep within the dense cloud. Clouds sure have more substance up close, when you're deep climbing through them! At a point he reached the peak of the cloud above which everything seemed to ge...