I stood before the escalator and was filled with fear. I had always believed there was a staircase to Heaven. Hadn’t Led Zeppelin sang so?
At least no one was pushing passed me as I had experienced in life. The people going up calm, none of them had any problems.
An angel appeared and ask, ‘what’s wrong?’
‘I can’t…I have a phobia!’ I cried.
‘Oh, you can take the elevator then.’
I shook my head, ‘I can’t bear them either.’
‘We shall go the original way; the golden stairs.’
I nodded and became more at ease.
‘You know, I prefer that way,’ the angel added, ‘I don’t why we stopped using it.’
(Inspired by; https://rochellewisoff.com/2020/02/05/7-february-2020/ with thanks).
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Love it. I’d have to go that way too. Though as likely I’ll be slithering down the slippery slope… 🙂
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I hope not. I actually have a fear of escalators and this story was inspired by that.
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I fell down one once. These days I’m ok going up, but a little bit shakey going down. Ok once my feet are firmly planted.
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That sounds scary. I’ve not done that. I have issues going up and down. As a young child, I got my shoe trapped in an escalator and that’s the cause of my fear. I thought it was going to eat me and every since then that idea has stuck with me. The escalators in the London underground are the worse! They are so long!
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I know what you mean there. The local shopping mall does me 🙂
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