It was a long ways up, but I thought I’d give it a shot.
I shinnied up the trunk, took a shortcut across the slide, and started climbing.
Champ kept a good eye on me, barking me along, and soon I was higher than I’d ever been.
But still the kite seemed forever away. Then below me I noticed Bryce coming around the corner and through the vacant lot.
And I could tell from the way he was looking up that this was his kite.
What a lucky, lucky kite this was turning out to be! “Can you climb that high?” he called up to me. “Sure!” I called back.
And up, up, up I went! The branches were strong, with just the right amount of intersections to make climbing easy.
And the higher I got, the more amazed I was by the view.
I’d never seen a view like that! It was like being in an airplane above all the rooftops, above the other trees.
Above the world! Then I looked down. Down at Bryce. And suddenly I got dizzy and weak in the knees.
I was miles off the ground! Bryce shouted, “Can you reach it?” I caught my breath and managed to call down, “No problem!”
then forced myself to concentrate on those blue and yellow stripes, to focus on them and only them as I shinnied up, up, up.
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