I’ve got a kite! Grandpa gave it to me. It ’s diamond shaped and nearly as big as me! It’s orange, red, and blue with a very long yellow tail. Yesterday Grandpa and I took it to the park. It was quite windy and I had a job carrying it. I blew over once and landed on my bottom, but I didn’t let go.
We went up a hill. Grandpa held it for me and I walked backwards unwinding the string. He shouted ‘stop’ so I stopped. ‘Hold the string tight,’ he shouted, ‘now run away as fast as you can’.
I started running and Grandpa let go of the kite. I looked over my shoulder and it was going up in the air. Grandpa shouted ‘Keep running’ so I did. I was out of breath!
‘Stand still’ shouted Grandpa. ‘and keep tugging on the string’. I pulled and pulled and my kite fluttered lots of miles above my head. It started going round and round in circles, it was so funny! I got giddy watching it and I nearly fell over!
Then suddenly it dived towards the ground. Grandpa ran in case it landed on his bald head!
‘Let’s try again’ he said. So we did. Up it went and suddenly the wind started blowing very hard, and the kite pulled and pulled. It nearly pulled me off my feet! Grandpa helped me hold on so I didn’t fly away!
Then it flew into a tree and got stuck. I was a bit upset but I was brave and didn’t cry. Grandpa and another man jiggled and wiggled the string until the kite came free and floated down to the ground.
We are going again on Saturday!
Tomorrow’s story is called –
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Great story Keith. Everyone needs a kite-flying Grandpa. Linda
Just don’t tell my grandkids! Thanks Linda
This would make a great picture book.
I only wish I could draw! Thanks kristin
Nice. As a kid, it was always amazing how kites seemed to find something to get stuck in.
I remember that only too well! cheers Sascha
A perfect adventure.
Simple pleasures were the best. Cheers Sadje
Thanks 🙏
A perfect adventure during holidays for the kids. Kids and Kites are inseparable.
So they were. me and mine included!
I used to make my own kites when I was little. They didn’t fly very well, but it was fun! 🙂
The Multicolored Diary
Now you come to mention it I think I did too – with equal lack of success!
This brought back a lot of memories, Keith. Kite flying was not just an activity then, but more of a thing of pride amidst the children and adults as well. The objective of the kite-fights were to cut the thread of your opponent’s kite and to capture it as your own. People used to prepare special strings by coating the twine with powdered glass mixed with glue. It was more garrote than a normal string.
I’d heard about that but completely forgotten about it until now. Quite a sport I imagine.
I am so loving these posts. Such a fun theme.
Stuart
Tale Spinning
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Thanks so much Stuart, they are great fun to write too!
It’s so windy here today a kite would be ripped to shreds. We have no wind or dangerous wind.
Kiting’s clearly not for you then Denise!
This brings back lovely memories of flying a kite with my own grandad
Debbie
Such happy days I’m sure Debbie!
“Kites Over Lake Michigan” is an annual event in my hometown. The kites have become quite elaborate. The simple ones being flown with the assistance of grandparents are far more fun.
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Kites shouldn’t be taken too seriously although I’m sure the event is quite a spectacle!
Kite flying is not just for kids….great little tale!
DB McNicol, author
Microfiction: Kimono
Very true. It should be an Olympic sport!
We in India, fly kites during our festival of Harvest, Sankranthi, in the month of January. I am not much of a kite flier, but I do enjoy watching them.
There is something fascinating about them. I could watch them all day.