Missing the Fruit for the Ladder

Missing the Fruit for the Ladder is a children’s book about growing up and forgetting and remembering what is important along the way. In the story, a wandering boy takes a seat on a hillside and notices a tree sapling sprouting nearby. As the tree grows, it begins to bear fruit. The boy is hungry, but he realizes that the fruit is beyond his reach so he begins building a ladder. As he works, he becomes focused on the ladder, forgetting his hunger and the fruit and the ladder’s purpose. Tho...