"Let's take the stairs, they said," complained a trailing vine. "We'll get there faster, they said. Well, I don't see how this is any faster. It has taken us five long years to get up this many steps and most of us don't even remember why we started this."
"Why did we start this?" asked a young shoot.
"Because we're going up the stairs," the vine sighed, exasperated. "I thought that was obvious."
"But you said..."
"I said we're going too slow. We don't have time to dilly dally in the sunshine. We have places to be. Now listen up-"
"Why did we start this?" asked a young shoot.
"Because we're going up the stairs," the vine sighed, exasperated. "I thought that was obvious."
"But you said..."
"I said we're going too slow. We don't have time to dilly dally in the sunshine. We have places to be. Now listen up-"