When we got to the back Dam there were thousands of kites already in the air, kites of every sort, shape and size; box kites, bird kites, boy and girl kites. 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. Kite Man, as our instructor said “Raise the kite with the cloth tail fus, let’s see how bad?”
Ten minutes after the kite was raised bad boys, bad men, and girl’s kites started 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 her pitch and come do like she got 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 and 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 kites which we fought off and eventually won over.
A big kite war had broken out! Four times we got tangled up and had to bring down Baby Gal, and another two times we had to cut and join the rope and bring her down because she got into some dangerous tangles.
Once upon an Easter.
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