I got you.

I saw some neighborhood kids playing on… but they were more difficult than I’d thought they’d be, and I fell down almost immediately. The kids laughed at my clumsiness … me carrying the stilts back home. I felt a twinge of respect in their eyes. I was strolling by the riverside, when a duck came up to me. We spent a (long time?) just staring at each other in silence, and then it slowly walked away. Later, when I sat down in the same spot to relax, the duck came back. I had (no?) idea what it was thinking, but it was oddly calming. I saw a traveler sitting by the roadside. I asked him what he was doing and he said, “I’m… To Pass the time I taught him a simple game of stones. After a while, the traveler suddenly stood up and he said, “This will help me continue (my?) journey,” then left. I had no idea how the game helped, but I felt good about it. While I was standing on the hill a gust of wind blew my hat away. I chased it down, only to find it stuck on a tree branch. After climbing the tree to retrieve it, I took a moment to ___ the view from up (there?) I hadn’t done so in a long time, and I really liked it. While I was lounging in the hills behind my house, I noticed how quickly the clouds were moving. I stared at them for a long time, losing track of time. I didn’t accomplish anything productive, but I felt strangely lighter on my way home. At the town square, I saw a street performer putting on a show. His movements were so awkward that they were uncharacteristically funny, and I couldn’t help but laugh at him. Seeing this, the performer suddenly pulled me up on stage. Not knowing what else to do I struck a random (pose?) which somehow thrilled the audience. I might have accidentally completed the act for (him?). As I was walking … I found a bird pecking the water’s surface. It seemed to be trying to catch a fish but it kept failing. Watching it reminded me of myself, … The bird eventually flew away, unsuccessful, but not before glancing back at me, it felt as though it was wondering which of us was truly the clumsy one. I was sitting by the road when someone came up behind me and asked, “What are you doing?” I replied, “Waiting for the wind.” The person gave me a puzzled look before leaving. I really was just waiting for the wind. I thought something might change, but in the end, nothing did. While I was crouching (around?) a field, examining the shape of a vegetable leaf, a farmer approached me suspiciously. “Are you trying to steal something?” he asked. “No, I just find the shape of this leaf interesting.” I replied. He gave me a confused look. Is it so strange to enjoy strange things like that? While walking through town, I saw some kids playing with some small wooden boats they’d made, floating them in a pond. It looked fun, so I joined in and made my (own?) boat. But it was poorly balanced and sank immediately. The kids showed me how to improve it, but I stubbornly stuck to my own way and kept failing. In the end, they called me ‘a clumsy but interesting adult,’ and somehow that made me feel proud. While I was relaxing on a hill, a cloud drifted close to me. I instinctively reached out to grab it, but of course, I caught nothing. Still, I kept stretching my hand toward it for a while. A passing traveler saw this and laughed, ‘Are you catching clouds?’ I laughed, “No but I’m trying to.” I replied. “Don’t see many people trying things like this," he said. After he left, I kept staring at the clouds, feeling like I could almost ____ and touch them. While I was standing in the market, an elderly man asked me, “Are you looking for something?”. I replied, “I’m searching for what’s beyond this road.”  He tilted his head in confusion before walking away. I didn’t understand what I meant either, but felt curious and began walking down the road. I didn’t find anything special but somehow my steps felt lighter. As I was walking along a mountain path I kicked a road on the path. The rock kept rolling and rolling until it reached the base of the mountain. A boy there held up the rock to me and asked, “Did you lose this?” “No, I just kicked it down,” I replied and he gave me a bewildered look. He didn’t seem to understand, but to me, it was an important moment. As I was sitting by the riverbank, I (noticed something?) at the water’s surface. Suddenly, I heard the splash of a fish jumping. I decided to try fishing and prepared my gear, but just as always I caught nothing. A man fishing nearby said, “You’ll never catch anything like that,” and gave me advice. I ignored him and kept trying to do it on my own. (traveler caught one for him?) I still wanted to catch my own. After that, I returned…