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    The King of Kites

    Written by, Judith Heneghan & Laure Fournier

    Anil knew about kites. He knew how to make them out of paper. Sticks and
    glue. He knew how to fly them in the sky above the village. The other
    children brought him their broken kites to mend. Anil was the King of Kites.
    Anil’s mother knew how to sew. She knew how to cut cloth and stitch
    seams. She knew how to work beautiful patterns in bright silk. The other
    women brought her their old clothes to mend. She was the Queen of needles.
    Every morning, Anil and his mother sat down in a corner of the yard.
    Anil’s mother had everything she needed; folds of fabric, reels of thread and
    a pot of shiny new pins. She set to work and soon her needle flew. Anil, too,
    had everything he needed: sheets of papers, spools of string and a pot of
    good strong glue. He set to work and soon his fingers flew.
    Then, one day, Anil heard about a wedding in the village. “I shall make
    twelve kites and fly them all at once in honour of the bride,” said Anil to his
    friends. “I shall cover them with sequins and give them tails of bright
    ribbon.” He sat down in the shade and set to work. But Anil’s mother was not
    pleased. “I shall have extra shirts and saris to sew for the wedding!” she
    cried. “You don’t have time for kites, Anil! I need your help, and I need your
    sequins and your ribbon!” It was true. The whole village wanted new clothes
    for the wedding.
    Anil’s mother sat down in the shade and set to work. All day long she
    cut and sewed and stitches. “I need more cloth!” she cried, and Anil ran
    straight to the market. “I need more thread!” she cried, and back he went
    again.
    “Anil!” called his friends. “Where are the twelve new kites for the
    wedding?” Anil did not answer. His mother had cut up his kite paper for her
    sari patterns. She had used his string when she ran out of thread. By nightfall
    all the new clothes were ready. But Anil felt sad. How could he go to the
    wedding without the kites?
    Ail’s friend saw that he was sad. They had not forgotten his promise to
    fly kites at the wedding. When Anil woke up the next morning, twelve kites
    lay on the ground outside his house – the kites he had mad for has friends
    long ago! “Quick!” said his mother. “I saved a few sequins! And one roll of
    ribbon! Fetch my needle! Fetch the glue!” Anil’s mother helped him to
    decorate the kites.
    At the wedding, everyone praised Anil’s mother for her stitching. She
    was the Queen of Needled. And everyone admired Anil’s twelve beautiful
    kites flying high in the sky.
    Anil thanked his friends for giving him their kites. They laughed and
    lifted him up onto their shoulders. “You made them for us, Anil!” they
    shouted. “You are the King of Kites!”

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