She took one of the mysterious seeds and tossed it into her mouth. All of a sudden she felt lighter. It was like she was flying. Wait! She was flying!

"Wow," she exclaimed, "I'm flying! How can that be?"

The man on the ground who gave her the seed was smiling. He answered, "Well child it's simple. You ate the seed I gave you. And I must not say more." And before the girl could ask anything more, he disappeared.

The girl was still in shock when she noticed the sun was going down. "Oh no!" she yelled, "I must get home, but how?" Then she thought really hard about it, and it came to her. "Maybe if I get enough wind power, I can fly home."

She started to flap her arms. "This is ridiculous," she thought. All of a sudden she was moving. "Yes!" she said. "But wait, how do I steer MYSELF? Aaaaaaa!" She almost crashed into a tree.

Right before she crashed she turned left. "So, I have to steer with my arms," she thought. "Just like a bird! Mom's never going to believe this!"

© 2008 Emily H. Original for CCF  (Emily H. grants CCF  first electronic rights for one month; CCF may archive the material indefinitely and include it in an eBook anthology).

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