With breakfast over we headed to the Back Dam where all the kite flying took place. Our kite was so big we had to hitch a ride on a donkey cart and bumped our way to the Back Dam.
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KALEIDOSCOPE.
When we got there, there were thousands of kites already in the air kites of every sort and shapes and size, box kites, bird kite, boy and girl kites. And a buzz of excitement engulfed us. On one end of the dam a jukebox was playing loud calypso music and on the other a steel band was warming up. With Kite Man as our instructor: he says “Raise the kite with the cloth tail fus let’s sees how’s bad?” Ten minutes after the kite was raised bad boys, bad men, and girls start to make an attack on our kite. Our kite was the best looking kite on the dam and therefore the envy of many a kite flier. When Kite Man saw the attack he said “let she pitch and come do like she get cut”.
That we did. Then he said “Replace the tail with the rope tail which we bring wid we”. That tail had razor blades placed strategically on its length also broken sharp glass. We waited for a good breeze and like a plane taking off we flew straight up in the air the bandits quickly saw us and so much coveted our kite they wasted no time and attacked immediately. In minutes we cut down two girl kites. Then came the boy kite they we fought off and eventually won over.
Now a big kite war had broken out Four times we got tangled up and had to bring down Baby Gal.
Two times we had to cut and join and the rope and bring down “Baby Gal” Because she got into some dangerous tangles.
FINALITY
Then with running starts raised Baby gal straight up with the pulling loop Kite Man made on Baby Gal. Then it was only two kite in the air we battle a bad man kit name Pit Street Bull. Twice our tail with razor blades cross over his rope but he still was flying and dipping and crossing and coming for our kite. Pit Street tail cross our rope three times. It looked like he was winning the battle. So we pretend we hurt and start to fall flapping in the wind like a bird whose wing is broken. Pitt Street sees that and he coming for the kill. The Kite Man Say (Pull! Pull! Pull! I pulling and balling the twine furiously the rope burning my hands I already have blisters the kite rose and just as pit was coming for the kill our tail cut his rope.
At same moment a big thunder and lightning flashed through the sky Kit Man shouted Lego! Lego! Lego the rope! Away flew Baby Gal, into the thunder and lightning razor blades sparking Baby Gal on fire.
Once upon an Easter
