They guided him to what they believed to be his destiny by placing walls in his path. Rather than leading him by the hand, they slowly and surely bricked up every other road he could take.
Better, they said, to ready him for what was to come in life than to let him get tangled in distractions. He should have his feet firmly on the ground, and keep his head out of the clouds.
But he knew that the path they had set him on didn’t lead to his destination.
Instead of walking the labyrinth, he grew wings and flew.

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