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Pip and the Windy Kite

Pip and Mama build a diamond-shaped kite at a table.

Pip and Mama cross two sticks and cover them with strong paper.

They tie on a long string and two dancing tails.

“Tomorrow,” says Pip, “this kite will touch the clouds.”

Pip and Mama carry the kite toward a grassy hill.

The next day, the wind brushes the grass flat and lifts it again.

Pip carries the kite carefully to the top of the hill.

It tugs in Pip’s paws as if it already wants to fly.

Mama holds the kite while Pip runs with the string.

Mama holds the kite high. Pip grips the spool and starts to run.

“Ready, set, let go!”

The paper rattles, the tails dance, and the string grows tight.

Pip watches the kite fly high in the wind.

Up goes the kite—higher than the bushes, higher than the old oak tree.

Pip leans back and laughs.

They built something that can dance in the sky.

A gust pulls the kite spool from Pip’s paw.

Without warning, a hard gust yanks the spool away.

It bounces through the grass while the kite races toward the trees.

“Oh no!” cries Pip, running after it.

The kite is caught in a tree while Pip and Mouse look worried.

The kite stops on a low branch. One paper corner is bent.

Mouse arrives and looks up with Pip.

The branch is too high to reach and too thin to climb.

Pip jumps for the kite, then pauses to think.

Pip jumps once. Then twice. The kite stays where it is.

Pip takes a breath and stops jumping.

“Strong wind caused this problem. A good idea can solve it.”

Pip, Mouse, and Mama use a long fallen branch to free the kite.

They find a long branch lying on the ground.

Mama lifts while Pip guides and Mouse watches the string.

Gently, gently—the kite slips free and floats down.

Pip repairs the torn kite while Mama and Mouse help.

One corner has a small tear, but the sticks are still straight.

Pip presses a paper patch over the rip.

Mouse smooths the edge, and Mama ties the tail again.

The repaired kite flies at sunset while everyone celebrates.

Soon the kite is dancing above the hill once more.

Its patch makes it different from before, but just as strong.

Pip holds the spool tightly and smiles at the windy sky.

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