Chapter 15 Fabian the Glider

Days passed very quickly belong long Francis was enrolled into Primary one at Anglo Chinese School.Those days the first six years in school were called Primary one to six but later converted th standard one to six.What is the difference anyway?What is in the name?

So Francis was seven years old and Fabian nine years old and studying in Primary three.Almost every day after school they will play behind their house where there were coconut palm and some other trees.Fabian liked to climb trees those days and will always relaxed at branches of trees,where high up he could enjoy the cool breeze blowing.

Normally their grandfather or grandmother(mother' s parents) will be around preparing the soil for planting of vegetables and sweet potatoes.Many a times the cousin sister and sister were around helping around.

On one such afternoon Fabian as usual was up to his tricks,climbed up a tree,and sat comfortably on a branch.As he was enjoying the breeze he shook the tree vigorously.Suddenly there was a splitting sound.

That was the sound of a branch splitting and Fabian sitting on the branch had given way and broke off from the main tree.There was a gust of wind blowing and Fabian, while still sitting on the branch,together glided down following the direction of the wind landed safely on the ground.

He in fact glided down sitting on that broken branch.His fall was therefore broken by the gliding down with the brand,thus landed softly on the ground.Francis looked at him in amazement so were the rest of the people around.For all of them saw him gliding down on that broken branch.

The snapped branch was in fact quite high from the ground,and about thirty feet from the ground.Whatever that be it surely was a lucky escaped for Fabian-in reality a good experience to glide down from so high,with every one marveling in astonishment.