UFO

This became known as the “Kite Incident” of Brit-Wales. It all started five days ago. The biddies stood on the hill during that nice summer day. Muriel bought a new kite at the local toy store. She displayed the red and white for all to see.

“Nice!” Lewis said.

“Purtty!” Clyde said, bouncing up and down. Muriel grinned in pride.

“Isn’t it?” she asked. Aisha pushed up her glasses.

“It looks really good,” she said. “How well can it fly?”

“I don’t really know yet,” Muriel answered. “Shall we test it out?”

“Yes!” the others said. She put up her hands.

“Okay, okay,” the old biddy said. “Hang on.” Muriel unwrapped the beautiful kite and set it up. Aisha licked her fingers and lifted her arm for the proper breeze.

“Let’s fly it this way,” she said, pointing west.

“Okay,” Muriel said. Lewis took hold of the kite.

“Ready?” her friend asked.

“Yeah!” the farmer shouted.

“Okay!” Muriel yelled. She raced out further out with the string. “Okay! Release the kite!” the old biddy shouted.

“Yes!” Lewis replied with a salute. She let go of the kite. One strong breeze helped that pretty red and white kite fly in the sky.

“There it goes!” Clyde shouted.

“Bravo!” Aisha said, clapping. Lewis shielded her eyes from the sun as she watched the bright colors fly in the sky.

“It’s beautiful,” she murmured. Muriel flew the kite through smooth sailing. Suddenly, a huge gush of wind blew through the sky.

“Oh no!” she shouted.

“Hang onto the kite!” Aisha shouted.

“I am!” Muriel shouted back. She struggled with the kite in the wild wind. Despite her battle, the kite got free from her hands and flew away in the bright blue sky.

“Bollocks!” Clyde yelled.

“Where is it going?” Lewis asked.

“It doesn’t matter!” Aisha shouted. “Go get it back!” The four ran after the red and white kite.

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The kite sailed through the woods. The four old biddies ran after as fast as they could keep up with it.

“I didn’t know it would fly that well!” Aisha exclaimed. “How much did you pay for it?”

“About fifty pounds,” Muriel said. Lewis turned her head towards her.

“Are you serious?” she asked. The old biddy nodded.

“Damn!” Clyde muttered.

“Don’t get distracted!” Aisha shouted. “Keep up with the kite!”

“Yes!” the other three shouted. They had to push themselves to keep up with the flying red and white.

“Think it will get caught in the trees?” Muriel asked.

“I hope not,” Aisha said.

“What if it does?” Clyde asked.

“Well,” the leader said. “We just have to get it down, yeah?” The other three groaned at that suggestion.

“How?” Lewis asked.

“We’ll figure out a way,” Aisha suggested with uncertainty in her voice. The other three groans and rolled their eyes as they kept running.

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The kite amazingly didn’t get tangled up in any trees and sailed into town. It landed on the roof of the Sunny Plum Café when the wind finally gave out. The four old biddies ran in front of the building, panting.

“Well, at least it stopped,” Aisha said once she got her breath back.

“Yeah, but how we get it down?” Clyde asked. The leader narrowed her eyes at the bright red and white stuck in front of them.

“Anyone know where we can get a ladder?” she asked. The others gave her strange looks. She shrugged her shoulders. “Just a thought,” she suggested.

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Inside, Annie and Tucker watched them with odd looks on their faces.

“What are they doing now?” the wife asked.

“I have no idea,” her husband replied.

“Well, go see!” Annie said, pushing him on the arm. Tucker whipped his head around to her.

“What?” he asked.

“Go out there and look before they drive away the customers,” Annie said sternly. Her husband put up his hands at her.

“Okay, okay, fine,” he said. The man grumbled as he made his way outside of the café. “Oi!” he shouted at the four old biddies outside of the Sunny Plum. “What are you doing outside of the café?”

“Her kite’s stuck,” Aisha replied.

“What?” he asked. The man looked up on the roof and spotted the red and white kite stuck there for the world to see. “How the hell did you manage that?” he asked.

“Please don’t ask,” the old biddies replied. He came over and stood with them.

“So, how are you going to get it down?” he asked.

“Do you have a ladder?” Aisha asked.

“Yeah, I think I have one around back,” Tucker said. “Give me a minute.” The owner walked around to the back of his café. He returned with a tall wooden ladder. Aisha clapped her hands together with a smile.

“You are a wonderful man!” she said aloud. Tucker placed the ladder in front of the building and climbed up. The old biddies crowded around with excitement. The owner climbed onto the roof and grabbed hold of the red and white kite.

“He’s got it!” Muriel said, happily. Tucker bowed with a grin on his face. However, the pride didn’t last long as he noticed that a crowd gathered around below. The old biddies didn’t notice until they heard the whispers behind them.

“Oh…” Aisha muttered.

“That’s not good,” Lewis whispered.

“Tucker! What are you doing up there?!” a woman screamed at the top of her lungs. Everyone looked and saw Annie marching outside with her hands on her hips and an angry scowl on her face. Tucker’s face went so pale.

“Uh… I was just getting down this kite,” he said sheepishly. No sooner had he said that, another strong gust of wind blew it right out of his hand.

“After it!” Aisha shouted. She and the other old biddies ran after the kite as fast as he could.

That’s how it became known as the “Kite Incident.” Tucker couldn’t show his face around the Sunny Plum for weeks.

Don’t Shoot My Kite Down

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