The Fly on the Ceiling

The Fly on the Ceiling

This is the story of a guy who lived a long time ago. He lived in France. He was a French guy, so he had a French name. His name was René Descartes (pronounced ruh-NAY day-CART). This may sound like a funny name to you, but in France it is perfectly normal.

René was a philosopher. A philosopher is someone who thinks about why things are the way they are. René was a great philosopher. Many of his ideas are still famous today. But even though René was a great philosopher, he did have one problem.

He was messy. This problem started out small. But it got bigger and bigger! The funny thing was, René did not know he had a problem until. . .

. . . he started to lose things. His notebook. His favorite hat.