CHAPTER 5: TEST FLIGHT
With Easter approaching fast and not having a wooden
kite to fly my brother, Clarence and I were worried. We explained to the Gardner our dilemma. He
convinced us that our fears were unfounded and we could build our own wood
kite. Up to that time we could only build pointer broom kits. Which were not
very efficient kits. They were prone to breaking easily and had disastrous
flying records. The Gardner then
proceeded to lead us through the steps of making our own wood kite with old pieces
of board hanging around our yard. And assisted
by my aunt Yvonne who provide us with some of her Grease Proof paper and some
color Barbados Paper we built two {Singing Engine kits} with big bulls so that
they could hum in the air. The kits
being completed mine was put to the test flight. It flew so high it homed so loud
it could be heard form miles, my heart could not stop pounding with happiness. Then as if out of nowhere a strong gosh of
wind blew and pop went the twine (Crochet #0) and away flew my kite. There was no time to waste straight away we
plunged in to action running in the direction of the falling kite. As fast as
the kite fell it disappeared more speedily. We now had to go from yard to yard
over fences fearing bad dogs and angry shouts. Finally we got to the yard of an
old lady and decided to ask her if she had seen a fallen kite. “Yes” she said, and then asks us to describe
the kite. I slept well that night with my kite by my bedside.
Once upon an Easter
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