Galileo

I was riding my raggedy beat up but legitimate and hardy boat down the lazy river to Florence when I saw two white European men. I got really scared so I pulled my boat over to the side of the river, and then I tied it to an oak tree. I could smell the fresh air and pine sap and could feel the cold breeze. I could hear the birds chirping on the high branches of trees.  All of these beautiful things, and I had to ruin it because I had motion sickness. I saw a man whom looked like Galileo with a white scraggily beard, and another man whom I did not recognize.

   As I inched my way closer I saw the man (who looked slightly younger) dropping a huge chunk of ice. I thought to myself what a silly way to lose some ice. The ice sunk, and then floated to the top of the river. Then I thought I might go and say hello, and ask for directions to Florence. I walked up and asked for directions. Galileo said “Well I could give you directions, but what good would that be if you didn’t have a boat. We will give you a ride.” So I hopped in his boat and we rowed downstream to Florence. On the way I saw him writing in a book. I asked him what he was writing about. He said “I think that the earth is round so I am going to publish this book, but it will be interesting to see what the church thinks of it. It is only partially complete.”

I thought I would help him write and publish his discoveries. This would be a good way to repay him for taking me to Florence. I started to hand write all the books. By the end of the night I had written four. My hand was cramped. I couldn’t write any more. Galileo had gone a while ago and left me to write. I decided that I would go out for a night on the town. I got to a pub and purchased chicken and water. Then I skipped all the way to Galileo’s home and hopped into my makeshift four poster bed.

I woke up to chanting. I nearly wet myself. I then went and put on my clothes and got out of my bed to look out the window. I saw almost a thousand frustrated surfs. I nearly wet myself again. They had torches, pitchforks, and they had Galileo. They were chanting “If you burn the books, than we will not cook the magnificent Galileo.” I quickly gathered the books, but I put two books in my bag. Then I made a fire in the fireplace and put the books in it. One person came in to check.  He went out and told everyone I had done it.

I went up to Galileo and blindfolded him. Then I took him to the docks. We got in a boat and I took of his blind fold and then started to row. He told stopped me and then told me he wanted to go back to live in the city. I said sure, so I gave him the oars and time traveled back to reality. I was in my apartment when I got back. I walked down to the local library and checked out a couple books on Galileo. When I went to put the books in my backpack I saw Galileo’s books, so I donated them to the library. As a result I got a portion of the library named after me.