The man in the yellow hat by Haiza Tyri

1. Why would a man want to learn so much? by Haiza Tyri

2. Who is the man in the yellow hat? by Haiza Tyri

3. To the man in the yellow hat by Haiza Tyri

Why would a man want to learn so much? by Haiza Tyri
Author's Notes:

 

Why would a man want to learn so much?  

            Why would a man want to learn so much? Sydney couldn’t quite believe the man had asked that question. Of course he knew there were people for whom learning was not life, but he wasn’t a Pretender. He couldn’t imagine being such a person. To learn was to live. It was what he lived for.

            He had taught Jarod the same thing. Jarod had a thirst for learning Sydney had never seen in anyone but himself. And as Jarod said, now he could read any books he wanted to. Learn anything he wanted to. Sydney envied him his new world.

Who is the man in the yellow hat? by Haiza Tyri

Who is the man in the yellow hat?

            It’s intriguing how Jarod can see himself in a children’s book.

            He hears Miss Parker’s voice in his head, speaking the words he won’t let himself speak. Oh, come on, Sydney. Stop using your clinical detachment to keep you from seeing what Jarod is really saying. He doesn’t want you to be fascinated by how his mind works. He wants you to see how he sees you. Through the lens of Stockholm Syndrome, Syd. You’re his jailer, Syd. You’re his kidnapper.

            Stubbornly his mind retreats behind his yellow hat. It’s intriguing how Jarod can see himself in a children’s book.

To the man in the yellow hat by Haiza Tyri

To the man in the yellow hat

            You found him, happy in his natural environment. You took him away to a world he didn’t understand. You made him forget his home, where he came from. And you were kind to him. Maybe that was the worst thing. You made him think he belonged in this strange new world. You made him love his cage, his jailer. But you never let him quite belong. You never gave him the one thing that would make him stay. And now his curiosity outweighs everything you gave him.

            To the man in the yellow hat, from the monkey who got away.



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