The Yellow Duck Flys a Kite

The weather was beautiful for a January day: Crisp, clear and cool. The Yellow Duck decided to take advantage of the January weather and decided to fly a kite.

Using the craft of the week from www.sakidsonline.com, he built a kite out of construction paper and a paper towel roll. Excited, he waddled quickly down to the pond to show Toad and Ms. Fish. He was sure when Toad and Ms. Fish saw what he had been doing, that they would want to join in the fun.

When he reached the pond, Ms.Fish and Toad were arguing, as usual.

"You can not make a rocket out of cotton candy and toilet paper!" Ms. Fish yelled, rolling her eyes. "How dumb do you have to be?"

"That wasn't nice," Toad said in a wounded voice, clutching his beloved rocket. "My rocket will fly! You just wait and see! I spent all morning making it!"

"I have another idea!" The Yellow Duck interrupted before Ms. Fish could hurl another insult. "Why don't we fly kites!"

"I'm going to have a pink kite!" Ms. Fish said excitedly, diving in her bowl to look for some construction paper.

"Could I make a kite out of cotton candy and tissue paper?" Toad wondered aloud, his eyes gleaming.

"I have directions right here, if you want a kite like mine," the Yellow Duck began. Toad and Ms. Fish ignored him as they made their own kites. Toad made a kite out of breadsticks, fishing line and camo-print wrapping paper, as his cotton candy had blown away in the wind within the first few minutes. Ms. Fish had made her kite out of glittery pink spandex and popsicle sticks. They proudly showed their kites to the yellow duck, who looked at them suspiciously. He wasn't sure they would fly.

"Let's go out to the field to fly them," the Yellow Duck said. He knew that you weren't supposed to fly kites near trees or electrical lines. Toad pulled Ms. Fish in the wagon as he hopped along, and soon they reached the middle of the field.

Ms. Fish dangled her kite out of the bowl, and Toad scurried away and propped himself on a rock. The Yellow Duck began to run, dragging his kite behind him.

"Fly!" he cried. "Fly kite, fly!"

The kites didn't fly. Ms. Fish's kite landed on the ground, and Toad's fell back into the rock. The three looked at their kites, dejected. "Let's try again!" the Yellow Duck said. So, Ms. Fish threw her kite out of her bowl, Toad threw his off his rock, and the Yellow Duck took off running across the field. None of the kites flew this time either. Now, the three friends were very sad.

"This will never work!" Ms. Fish sighed, flopping her fin over her face.

"I should have just eaten the cotton candy," Toad grumbled.

"We can't give up!" the Yellow Duck cried. "Let's try again!" Taking a running start, the Yellow Duck dashed across the field. Ms. Fish quickly threw her kite out of her bowl and Toad tossed his off the rock.

Amazingly, the kites all flew!

"Hooray!" the Yellow Duck cried. "Hooray for kites!"

"We did it!" Ms. Fish said.

"I knew I shouldn't have eaten the cotton candy," Toad boasted. "I'm glad I didn't."

The three friends spent the afternoon flying their kites, then returned home happy. It was, after all, a perfect day to fly kites.