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Tony and Lynn stand in open grassy park holding one red diamond kite with long blue cloth tail and hand reel.

Tony’s Kite Tail

School Readers · Level 2

Tony and Lynn stand in open grassy park holding one red diamond kite with long blue cloth tail and hand reel.

This is Tony. This is Lynn.

Tony holds red kite while Lynn examines its blue tail, kite not flying.

Tony has a kite.

Tony and Lynn look at long blue cloth tail of red kite, a single knot visible near middle.

Look at the long tail.

Lynn points to knot in blue cloth tail while Tony holds red kite.

The tail has a knot.

Lynn holds red kite steady while Tony reaches for knotted tail.

Lynn can hold the kite.

Tony carefully undoes single knot in blue tail while Lynn holds kite steady.

Tony can undo the knot.

Tony and Lynn display straight unknotted blue tail hanging from red kite, ready for flight.

Now the tail is straight.

Tony holds reel and Lynn releases red kite into air, straight blue tail trailing, natural safe action.

We can fly the kite.

Tony and Lynn look up at red kite flying above open field with straight blue tail, Tony holds reel.

Look at our kite! It is up in the sky.

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