Sakshi's Kite

When Sakshi was nine, she had a lovely kite given to her for her birthday. It was a big one, and it had the face of a cat painted on it. Sakshi was very pleased with it.

"I've never had a kite before," she said. "Never! This is a beauty. And oh, what a fine tail it has!" The kite was red and yellow, and it had a tail of brightly-colored paper. With it had come a big ball of string.

"And it's fine windy too!" said Sakshi. "So it would be just right to fly the kite this evening." She took it to the fields, where the wind was very strong. Riya, Aayush, Priya, and Rahul saw her carrying it.

"Many, many happy returns of the day, "said Riya. "Is that one of your presents? Can we come and help you to fly it?" "No," said Sakshi, who was very bad at sharing her things with others. "I want to fly it all by myself." "You are a selfish girl," said Rahul. "You wouldn't let us have a ride on your bicycle the other day."

Sakshi didn't say anything. She turned her back on the others and went on by herself. Sakshi unwound a great deal of string. She threw it up into the strong wind. It flew high at once. "You are a splendid kite!" called Sakshi joyfully as she watched it climbing into the sky. She began to run with the kite and after a while found herself deep inside a forest. Now she was very tired and thirsty and thought of returning home but lost her way back home. Quickly she slipped off a small diary and pen from her pocket and wrote on it, ' I'm stuck inside the forest which is far away from the fields. Please save me. Sakshi'

She saw a huge house in front of her and thought, "Till someone doesn't arrive I should wait inside." So she went inside and called, "Hello! Is someone there, Hello!" But no one answered. While finding someone she started climbing the stairs. She reached the first floor and opened the door of the first room. Kiiii!! It opened with a creepy sound and she entered the room full of spider webs. She saw a huge photo of a family.

As she can't find anything in that room, she went to the next room. There she found a little girl like her who was crying. She went close to her and asked," Who are you?" The girl answered in a scary voice, "I'm a ghost." And as soon as answering her question she vanished. Sakshi got very scared and started running towards the main door. Thudd! The door closed with a loud noise. Sakshi tried escaping from the windows but the windows were also shut. She started crying and thought and hoped that someone would come and help her.

By the time, the flying kite reached the children. They were surprised to see it falling there. Riya recognized the flying kite and said, "Hey friends, its Sakshi's kite and there's something written on it" She read it aloud, "I'm stuck inside the forest which is far away from the fields. Please save me. Sakshi." Oh! we should go and help her."

"I don't see why we should," said Aayush. "Selfish girl! She won't let us go when she's got a new toy but she wants us to help her with her problems."Don't be mean Aayush," Riya said. " You need not come if you don't want to, but I shall go anyhow" Aayush and others went with Riya to call Sakshi's parents. They quickly made it to the forest and started finding Sakshi. They called, "Sakshi, Where are you? Sakshi."

Sakshi recognized their voice and shouted, mom, dad I'm here, in this huge house. They all ran towards the house and saved her. When they returned home, Sakshi narrated the whole story to her parents. They giggled and assured there's nothing like this. It must be your hallucination. What's that," asked Sakshi. Her father told, "Don't think about it, just forget."

"What about my birthday party?" cried little Sakshi. "But dear you don't want anyone to be at your party except for me, your dad, and your grandma," her mother said. But Sakshi said, " No mom. Today my friends saved me, so from today, they will also be there at my party. And I'll share all my toys with them. After all they are my friends, oh sorry, true friends."

So after that day Sakshi would invite her friends every year at her party and shared everything with them. And next time when she flies her kite, everyone is going with her to help. They're sure to have a fine time in the windy fields.