The Stuck Kite

Part One · Up and Up

Tess had a new red paper kite.

The hill was windy.

Up, up went the kite!

Its yellow tail went flip, flip.

Then the wind gave a big push.

The kite got stuck in a tree!

Tess gave the string a tug.

The kite did not come down.

She gave it a big tug.

It was still stuck on a twig.

Dad came over to look.

He jumped. He jumped again.

His hat blew off! It stuck in the tree, too.

"Now the tree has my hat," said Dad.

"It wants to go up," said Tess.

So she let the string go loose.

The wind lifted the kite off the twig.

Its tail hooked Dad's hat!

Up went kite and hat, like a bird.

"Bye, hat," said Dad.