ButGalileoclaimsthatallobjects,regardlessoftheirweight,fallatthesamespeed.

Conducting an

Experiment

Ayoungscientistwithtwoassistantshad

oncebelievedthatIwouldfallasfastasmyyounger

brother,marble.Asaheavycannonball,peoplehad

stronglybelievedthattherewasnowayformetobe

droppedasfastasmybrother.Tomorrow,however,

galileowillbetestinghistheoryonthat.Ifearedfor

mylifeasthedropwasoverfiftyfeettallerthanme

andmybrothercombined.hehadusedonespecific

methodinordertodisprovehistheory.Helikedto

callitthescientificmethod.Includedinthatmethodwasexperimenting.Idreadedthispart

greatly.IanxiouslyawaitedformybrotherandItobedroppedoffonofthetalleststructuresin

Italy.

ThenextdayIwaspickedupoutofmycrateandcarriedtotheleaningtower,also

knownastheplaceofmysoontobedeathasawreckingball.whenwearrived,Ihadsoon

realizedjusthowbigandtalltheyhadstructuredtheystructuredthetowertobe.Peoplebooed

us,butaswreckingball,IignoredthemasifIhadthesame

amountofemotionasametalball.Galileowasso

determinedtoproveAristotlewrong,hewalkedpastthem

andupthestairs.Honestly,IwantedtoproveAristotlewrong

too.Hiswreckingballwasanannoyingoneevenforaguy

namedPatricia.

Thestairwalkupwasevenworse.Theassistantcarrying

mekeptdroppingme.Intotal,Ihadmorescratchesthan

Romansoldiersatthe

peakoftheirempire.After

atiringwalkupthe50flightofstairs,wereachedthetop.

Greetedbythousandsofpeoplejeering,wesetupour

experiment.TherailwhereIwouldsitcomfortablyabovethe

topofabuildingpeeredatmelikedeath.Then,theyletgoof

mybrotherandme.Wefellrightnexttoeachother,leavinga

holeinthegroundandathunderoussound.Ibecameunconsciousanddriftedaway.Thelast

thingIsawwasGalileosmilingandthecrowdcheering.