Foot And Foot Here

That night, Left Foot whispered, "I'm sorry."

"I'm the one who kicks the loose rug," Right Foot said. "I'm the one who finds the puddle in the dark. I take the first fall. And when the human is sad, who carries all the weight? Me, leaning into nothing. You get to rest."

Left Foot was jealous.

"You think you're better," Left Foot muttered one night, as the human slept. foot and foot

And the human dreamed of walking without limping.

Right Foot, startled from a doze, whispered back, "What?"

Right Foot was quiet. Then, softly: "Do you know what it's like to be me?" That night, Left Foot whispered, "I'm sorry

" 'Right, let's go.' 'Right, step here.' 'Right on time.' You're always right . I'm just the leftover."

He had reason. Every morning, the human looked down and said, "Right, let's go." Right Foot got the command. Right Foot got the name. Right Foot was the leader, the first into every shoe, the one who tapped along to music while Left Foot just… waited.

Left Foot scoffed. "Wonderful, I imagine." And when the human is sad, who carries all the weight

Left Foot had shifted forward a quarter inch. Right Foot, without being asked, slid back to match.

The human smiled, confused, then tried: "Left… let's go?"

Right Foot pressed against him, arch to arch. "Don't be. We're not right or left. We're just foot and foot ."