The Kite by Gma Mary
© July 30, 2025
Up and up I go!! Whee! Look how far up I am! Wait….I can’t see my boy. Where is he?
The kite started to get worried, and tears started to come. About that time, a huge crow was flying by. What’s the matter my friend?
“My boy was flying me up and up, but now I can’t see my boy anymore. What am I to do?” cried the kite.
“Let me follow the string attached to you and see if I can find him”, said the crow.
The crow very carefully followed the string closer and closer to the ground. The kite’s boy was there, but the string had slipped out of his hand. The boy was crying and trying his best to reach the string. In a great surprise, the crow sat on the fence near the boy. “I know where your kite is,” said the crow. The boy was quite surprised, but when you’re a small boy you understand that it is not surprising at all when a crow talks to you.
“Can you help me find my kite?” asked the small boy.
“I believe I can,” said the crow. “I have an idea. It may take me a few minutes to make it happen, so you will need to be patient.”
“I will wait right here, until you return,” said the boy, feeling some comfort in the crow’s idea.
The crow made quick visits to his crow friends, and it just a few minutes, had recruited at least a dozen other crows to help with his idea of reuniting the kite with his boy.
The crow lead the way to where the kite was still flying high in the sky. Each crow took hold of the string that was attached to the kite. In a matter of minutes, enough crows had taken hold of the kite to be able to pull it along and down from the sky, nearer to where the kite’s boy was patiently waiting.
When the boy saw the crows pulling his kite along, he started running in the direction of their path. When the string was close enough to the ground for the boy to reach, the crows…one by one, started letting go of the string.
The helpful crow suggested that perhaps the boy should tie the string to something bigger and heavier, so it couldn’t get away again. The boy thanked all the crows for helping return his kite.
The kite was so excited to have his boy again. “How can I thank you for helping find my boy,” said the kite.
The crow smiled and said, “My friends and I were happy to do it! That’s what friends are for, after all.” The crow and his helpful friends headed home, but they would meet up again someday.