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StoryTitle("caps", "How the Little Kite Learned to Fly") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(62, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I never can do it,\" the little kite said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As he looked at the others high over his head; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I know I should fall if I tried to fly.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Try,\" said the big kite; \"only try,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Or I fear you never will learn at all.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But the little kite said, \"I 'm afraid I'll fall.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The big kite nodded: \"Ah, well, good-by;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I'm off\"; and he rose toward the tranquil sky. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then the little kite's paper stirred at the sight, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And trembling he shook himself free for flight. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "First whirling and frightened, then braver grown, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Up, up, he rose through the air alone,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Till the big kite looking down could see ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The little one rising steadily.", "") ?>
PagePoem(63, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then how the little kite thrilled with pride, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As he sailed with the big kite side by side. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "While far below, he could see the ground, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the boys like small spots moving round. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They rested high in the quiet air,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And only the birds and clouds were there. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Oh, how happy I am,\" the little kite cried; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"And all because I was brave, and tried.\"", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>