It is all part of the experience!

After lunch I played Minecraft. In survival mode I needed a house to keep myself safe. A video had given me the idea of building one high in the air, where it seemed safer.

I stacked dirt blocks beneath myself until I was roughly ten blocks up. Then, standing on a very narrow square, I tried to extend it into a larger platform.

The ground was far below. If I fell, I might die and lose everything in my inventory.

I became completely absorbed in the game, even holding my breath as I inched around to lay the floating floor.

At about the tenth block, I suddenly heard a thud and fell hard to the ground. One thought flashed through my mind: I am done for!

Before I could even cry out, I landed. Luckily I survived, losing only two health points.

Then it hit me: this was only a game.

So what if I fell? Dust myself off and keep playing!