CHAPTER 5: TEST FLIGHT/2

 

The kites having been completed, mine was put to the test flight. It flew so high it hummed so loudly it could be heard for miles, my heart could not stop pounding with happiness.  Then out of nowhere a strong gust 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 into action running in the direction of the falling kite.  The kite fell fast, and it disappeared 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 asked her if she had seen a fallen kite.  “Yes” she said and asked us to describe the kite.

 

I slept well that night with my kite by my bedside.

 Once upon an Easter.

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CHAPTER 5: TEST FLIGHT

 With Easter approaching fast and not having acquired a wooden kite to fly my brother, Clarence and I were worried.  We explained our dilemma to the gardener. He convinced us that our fears were unfounded and we could build our own wooden kite.

 

Up to that time we could only build ‘pointer broom’ kites -using the spines of the coconut tree leaves.  These were not very efficient kites. They were prone to breaking easily and had disastrous flying records. 

 

The gardener then proceeded to lead us through the steps of making our own wood kite with old pieces of board laying around our yard.  And assisted by my aunt Yvonne who provided us with some of her greaseproof paper and some colored Barbados Kite Paper we built two ‘singing engine’ kites with big bulls  so that they could hum in the air. 

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CHAPER 4 THE GARDNER PARRT 2

 

Because Guyana experiences bursts of heavy rain at any time and extreme heat and sunshine the grass grow at an aggressive pace. It therefore happens on one of those hot spells that a Gardner came by and offered to cut the grass on our aunt’s Yvonne’s lawn for a small fee.  My aunt Yvonne quickly agreed.  We as boys stood and watched in amazement as he used his scythe to swipe through the tall grass. Due to the extreme heat and humidity the Gardner had to take a break which he did. We sat around him in my aunt back yard and chatted with him and watched in amazement as he sharpened his scythe.

Once Upon an Easter.

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