Scamper

 “Uncle, my plane doesn’t fly. Tell me, how do you fly your plane?” Rahul asked Pilot Sudarshan, showing his paper plane.

“Lot of power is needed to offtake. Real planes have powerful engines.”

“Uncle, why do that need this high energy?”

“For any object to fly, the two main obstacles are gravity and inertia.”

“What do they mean?”

“Gravity refers to its weight. An object cannot fly due to its weight.”

“And Inertia?”

“According to Newton’s principle, an object tries to maintain its state unless an external force acts upon it.”

“I have understood it, uncle. That is why you need such tremendous power to offtake.”

“One more thing. When you try to offtake, everything will try to obstruct you even the thin air.”

“Then, what do you need to do?”

“Increase your speed. The same air will then start helping you to take off.”

“Oh, will everything then help us to fly?”

“No. You will find some obstacles like birds, animals, and clouds. You should avoid those things. It would be disastrous if a plane crashed against any of those.”

“Uncle, you are an expert. Can’t we avoid these obstacles?”

“You have to fly very high to avoid these obstacles. All of those things will be left behind and you can fly at a great speed.”

“You must be having lots of fun.”

“Yes, but remember that you cannot fly high forever. The destination is always on the ground.”

Hearing the conversation between uncle and the nephew, Rahul’s mom said “What has happened Sudarshan? You have become a philosopher!”

“Mom, who is a philosopher?”

“Someone who shows us the right way in life.”