Up like a rocket, then turned and came headlong down with such force, thatĭashing through the branches of a thorny locust tree, it crashed to the ground,Ī mass of broken sticks and tattered paper. Near the kite, it fell to the ground, while my kite, freed from this load, shot The tail made of rags was too heavy to bear its own weight, and, breaking off My newly invented flying-man but my triumph was short-lived. The great kite, as it swung majestically about, high in the blue sky,Īttracted quite a crowd of spectators, and I felt very grand at the success of The friend who had kindly come to the rescue had considerable trouble to hold To my assistance, just as the stick upon which the twine had been wound cameĭancing up from, the ground toward my hands. However, to my great relief, a man standing near came Myself being pulled from the bank into the river, and skimming through the waterĪt lighting speed, even for, in my fright, the idea of letting go of the stringĭid not once occur to me. His master, and I could not hold him! Imagine, if you can, my dismay. The twine was nearly all paid out, when I found that my man was stronger than Higher, when, suddenly, my intense pride and enjoyment was changed into People began to stop and gaze at the strange sight, as my man rose higher and String, and so fast did the twine pass through my hands that my fingers were I had only to stand on the high bank and let out the My man flew splendidly he required no running, no hoisting, no jerking of Which to fly it, I went to the river-bank for the grand event. It was a gorgeous affair, with its brilliant red nose and checks, blueĪs you may imagine, I was nervous with anxiety and excitement to see it fly.Īfter several experimental trials to get the tail rightly balanced, and theīreast-band properly adjusted, and having procured the strongest twine with I remember, when quite a small boy, building an immense man kite, seven feet Through the air is a kite of your own manufacture. The pleasure is, however, greatlyĮnhanced by the knowledge that the object skimming so bird-like and beautifully
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To free itself and soar away amid the clouds. It sways from side to side, ever ran mounting higher and higher, as if impatient Steady pull of a good kite upon the string, and watch its graceful movements as It is a pleasant sensation to sit in the first spring sunshine and feel the The tailless kites that have lately become so popular with grown-up scientific Take the coffin-shaped or American hexagonal kite for his experiment, or one of Had Benjamin consulted the modernĪmerican boy he would have been told not to use the European bow kite, but to Think it beneath his dignity to fly a kite. Theory of their own by means of the boys' playthings. Grave professors and men of dry scientific minds often take toīoys' sports in a heavy, ponderous fashion, and try to demonstrate some pet
The first blast of the boisterous March wind on the coast. Match sticks that is used in the interior of our country, would be wrecked by The dainty tissue-paper covered kite, with its framework of delicate In place of the twine used in New York we flew our kites withĬotton thread, and it was only an extra large kite that required white cotton Judgment and admit that the heavy sticks and apparently careless pasting on theĪtlantic-coast kites are necessary to give them strength to brave the gales from Go and get a shingle and it would fly better, but now the author must modify his York kite into Ohio and shown it to the boys there they would have told him to Even the blustering March wind must be weaker in the Ohio Kite making time begins with March, or used to when the writer was aīoy, in Cincinnati. How Make a Kite: Fly Kites Making Plans Directions Home Made Build Plan
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