Hari and the Kite By Rama Hardeekar-Sakhadeo

A touching story of a dreamy boy and a red kite.

Hari opened one eye a little. Grandpa was holding a huge kite in his hands! It was bright red with a blue tail. Two black circles were pasted on the kite and they looked like its eyes! Hari had never seen a kite with eyes before. Besides, the paper of this kite was different from the usual thin one and it was much bigger in size.
“Grandpa! Where did you get such an amazing kite?”
Then he said in a small voice, “But grandpa, how can I fly a kite? I will have to walk and run for that...”