【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 the sunsetswould be purple and pink.And some daysthey were a blazing orange......setting fire to the cloudson the horizon.It was during one of those sunsetsthat my father39。s idea......of the whole being greaterthan the sum of its parts......moved from my head to my heart.Some days I would get there extra earlyto watch the sunrise.One morningI was making mental notes......of how the streaks of lightwere cutting through the clouds......so I could tell my dad......when I heard a noise below.Excuse me.Excuse me. I39。m sorry, but you can39。tpark there. That39。s a bus stop.Hey, what are you doing up there?You can39。t be up there,we39。re gonna take this thing down. The tree? Yeah. Now e on down. But who told you, you could cut it down? The owner.Why?He39。s gonna build a house,and this tree39。s in the way. So e on, girl, we got work to do. You can39。t cut it down. You just can39。t.Listen, girl.I39。m this close to calling the police.You are trespassing and obstructingprogress on a contracted job.Now either you e down,or we39。re gonna cut you down.Go ahead. Cut me down.I39。m not ing down.I39。m never ing down.Bryce. You guys, e up here with me.They won39。t cut it downif we39。re all up here.Bryce, please don39。t let them do this.Come on, you guys.Bryce, please. You don39。t have toe up this high. Just a little ways.Bryce, please. Please.JULl:What happened after that was a blur.It seemed like the whole town was there.But still I wouldn39。t move.Then my father showed up.He talked a fireman into letting him e upto where I was.Sweetie, it39。s time to e down.Daddy, please don39。t let them do this. Sweetie... Daddy, look.You can see everything.You can see the whole world from here.No view is worth my daughter39。s safety.Now, e on.I can39。t.Julianna, it39。s time to e down now.Please, Daddy.It39。s time.JULl:And that was it.I must39。ve cried for two weeks straight.Oh, sure, I went to schooland did the best I could......but nothing seemed to matter.TEACHER: Juli? Huh?Do you know the answer?Uh, the Peloponnesian War?I39。m sure that39。s the answerto something......but I was looking for the areaof a rhomboid.[CHILDREN LAUGH]JULl: Somehow, rhomboidsand isosceles right triangles......didn39。t seem so important.I rode my bike so I wouldn39。t have to passby the stump......that used to be the earth39。smost magnificent sycamore tree.But no matter what I did,I couldn39。t stop thinking about it.[KNOCKING ON DOOR]Are you okay?It was just a tree.No, it wasn39。t just a tree.I never want you to forget how you feltwhen you were up there.Thanks, Dad.JULl:It was the first thing I saw every morning......and the last thing I sawbefore I went to sleep.And once I could look at itwithout crying......I saw more than the treeand what being up there meant to me.I saw the day that my view of thingsaround me started changing.And I wondered,did I still feel the same things about Bryce?BRYCE:I39。ve never been a huge fan of eggs.I mean, I could always just take themor leave them.That is, until one dayin Skyler Brown39。s garage......when my feelings about eggswere solidified.[BAND PLAYING ROCK MUSIC]Hey, hey, hey. Guys.Edna39。s found her breakfast.BRYCE: I mean, if a slimy reptilefound them appetizing......there was certainly no place for themin my diet.MATT:Oh, man, that39。s so cool.She doesn39。t even have to chew.I mean, think of all the time you39。d save.BRYCE: I could39。ve gone my whole lifenot knowing that snakes eat eggs raw......if it hadn39。t been for Lynetta.She had a majorleague thingfor Skyler Brown.I think it39。s gross.BRYCE: He and Juli39。s brothers,Matt and Mark, had formed a band.And Lynetta would watch them practice.MATT:That is so neat.How about that, huh, Bryce?Yeah. Neat.So, Brycie, how do you thinkhe39。s gonna digest that? Stomach acid? You39。d like to think that.Wait, everybody quiet. Here he goes.[SHELL CRACKING]Eggs over easy.Gross. Gross, gross, gross.Wait, wait.You haven39。t seen the best part.LYNETTA:Ugh!Gross.BRYCE: I tried to be casual about it,but it didn39。t take.I started having bad dreams.I39。d be trapped inside a huge egg......and this monster would open his jawsand start to devour me.I39。d wake up just in time.[KNOCKING ON DOOR]Then the real nightmare began.Hi, Bryce. I brought these overfor you and your family. My chickens are laying eggs. What?You remember Abby and Bonnie and Clydeand Dexter and Eunice and Florence? The ones I hatched for the science fair. How could I forget?BRYCE:It was classic Juli Baker.She totally dominated the fair.And get this, her projectwas all about watching boring eggs hatch.I mean, here I had a liveactionerupting volcano......and all anyone cared aboutwas Juli39。s boring chicks......breaking out of their boring shells.JULl:Oh, I think the last one39。s hatching.WOMAN 1: It39。s hatching.WOMAN 2: Oh, it39。s hatching.WOMAN 1:Kids, e over here.BRYCE:But hey, she won. I lost.I39。ve never been one to dwell.WOMAN 2:Here it es.BRYCE: But that didn39。t meanI had to eat her lousy eggs.I think it was very sweet of Julito bring us those eggs.I don39。t care.I39。m still having cereal tomorrow.Yeah, how do we know there39。s no chicksin one of those eggs?I used to eat farmfresh eggswhen I was a kid. They were delicious.Yeah, well, that39。s all well and good......but what if we crack one openand a dead chick falls out?Do they have a rooster? If they don39。thave a rooster the eggs can39。t be fertile.And if they had a rooster, we39。d know.The whole neighborhood would know.Maybe they got it deyodeled.Deyodeled?You know. Decockadoodledoo39。d.What the hell are you talking about?Like they debark dogs.Bryce, why don39。t you just ask Juli? I don39。t think tha