Faraday part 3: The saga ends.
Yesterday’s winning options: A, C & D (three-way tie)
‘This is it,’ Faraday told himself, ‘I’ve had enough.’
Living in Rio de Janeiro had its advantages. Faraday didn’t know what they were until now. Now he knew. It was all clear. He knew what he was going to do. He knew where to go and what to do. Look, he knew a lot OK?!?!
Faraday climbed to the top of that really big, gigantic Jesus statue that they have in Rio (I saw it in a movie.) He stood on Jesus’s's’es head and looked down the mountainside below him.
And then he jumped off.
He plummeted down, down, down the mountain as he screamed, ‘Goodbye, cruel world!’
He fell, head first towards a bridge that spanned Rio harbour. As he fell near it, one of his feet hooked onto a beam of the bridge. His body swung around and then he fell downwards again, landing In the harbour with a kersploosh!
he didn’t die. He climbed out of the water. On the bank of the harbour was a man.
‘Hello,’ said the man. ‘I am Clarence Oddbody. I am your guardian angel.’
Faraday was stunned. He searched his pants pocket.
‘They’re not there,’ laughed Clarence.
‘What?’
‘Zuzu’s petals!’
Faraday realised Clarence was right. ‘What’s going on here?’ he asked.
‘You’ve been given a great gift – the chance to see what it would be like if you had never been born. Now, go get ‘em tiger and take life by the horns! GRRRR!’
And with that, Clarence clicked his fingers and the world returned to normal. Zuzu’s petals even appeared in Faraday’s pants.
Faraday walked home to his mansion where he lived comfortably with his family (all of whom loved board games), the words of his angelic counsellor still ringing in his ears.
And may those words hold true for all of us, dear listeners, ‘Go get ‘em tiger and take life by the horns! GRRRR!’
