THORNY TWIG MAKES A KITE

THORNY DECIDED ON A WARM SPRING NIGHT,
TO MAKE FOR HIMSELF A FLYING KITE.
WHEN HE GAVE HIS FATHER THIS SUDDEN NEWS,
TWIGMAN SAID, "WHAT WILL YOU USE?".

THORNY THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT AND HE THEN SAID,
I KNOW HOW TO DO IT FROM A BOOK I READ.
PAPER AND STICKS AND STING AND GLUE,
AND A LITTLE HARD WORK BUILDS A KITE THAT'S NEW.

THE VERY NEXT DAY THORNY STARTED THE JOB.
KNOBBY THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY AND MAYBE A SNOB.
BECAUSE THORNY HAD TOLD HIM TO SHUT UP AND GET.
BUT FUZZY JUST QUIETLY SAID, "CAN I FLY IT?"

THORNY SAID, "MAYBE, WE'LL JUST WAIT AND SEE,
THE FIRST ONE TO FLY IT WILL HAVE TO BE ME."
AND FUZZY WAS HAPPY AS A LITTLE LARK,
WHEN THEY TOOK THE KITE TO THE CITY PARK.

WHILE THORNY WAS FLYING THE KITE IN THE AIR,
ALL WAS NOT WELL. THEY SOON HAD A SCARE.
THE KITE STRING BROKE AND THE KITE TUMBLED DOWN,
BUT IT DID NOT HIT ON THE GRASSY GREEN GROUND.

IT LANDED IN THE BRANCHES OF A TREE REAL HIGH,
AND THERE IT STUCK TIGHTLY, FUZZY STARTED TO CRY.
SHE SAID, "I LOVED THAT NICE KITE QUITE A BIT,
AND I NEVER EVEN GOT A CHANCE TO FLY IT."