Climbing Rainbows

CHAPTER 1- Gray

My whole life was gray- gray skies, gray marshes, and gray bogs, the result of continuous rain. . Even the people were gray, from the lack of sunshine and happiness. Everyone and everything was gray except for me. I wished for a single ray of light. But the thing I needed to see most was a rainbow. Rainbows- they were filled with color and made from light. I longed to see a rainbow, just once. The next day, everything changed.

CHAPTER 2- Change

I woke up to find something warm and wondrous soaking into my skin. I stretched lavishly, basking in the warmth. The substance was like gold spun into the air. I threw up my window open and saw a tiny sliver of the sun shyly peeking out of a cloud. Then the cloud gave way, exposing the sun’s blinding radiance. It shined on the puddles of rain, revealing a rainbow! It was beautiful. No, beautiful didn’t sound right, its gorgeousness was ineffable. 

I had to get close to the rainbow. 

CHAPTER 3- Climbing

I went so close to the rainbow that I had to crane my neck as far as it could go to gaze at its full height. I reached my hand out so I could touch it. The rainbow was solid. I threw my leg over it, just like I would get onto a horse, and heaved myself until I was scaling the rainbow. Up, up, up. Climb, climb, climb. Finally, my arms aching and my legs sore, I clambered up onto the peak of the rainbow. I looked up. The sky was a sapphire blue. I looked down and saw my town. It was the same, monotonous, gray, and downcast. I knelt and uncovered a fishing net. It was light yet strong, made from threads of sunshine.

CHAPTER 4- The Net

I threw the net up on impulse. The net captured the blue sky quickly. The yield fell back into my hand, and I goggled at it. But then, it slipped out of my hand and fell, escaping from my grip. But then the most amazing thing happened.

CHAPTER 5- A New Life

The net released the blue sky and smothered up the smoky gray. Then, the net wound itself into a tight little ball, and I realized- it was the sun. A golden ladder appeared from the rainbow, and I clambered down. Back on the lush green grass that had been marsh just minutes ago, I saw the residents of my village gaze in fascination.

My life has always overflowed with light ever since I climbed the rainbow.