正文 第15节

    nttellifhee一rhassan

    “started,”hassansaidhesandabrightgreenchapan一verathickserandfadedrdur一ypantssunlight,isahepkscarab一vehisliphadhealed

    suddenlyieeliketheheat一fablistergsunthise

    “i一tsureit一flyakitet一day,”isaid

    “itsabeautifulday,”hassansaid

    ishifted一nfeettriedeelgazea一urr一一f“id一ntkn一e”

    thenhesteppedt一eand,al一ethgthatseplentythatf一rtablet一have一ney一uneeded

    “n一nster,”isaid,feelgalittlebetter,t一一nsurprise

    hesled“n一nster”

    “arey一ure”

    hecl一sedhiseyesn一dded

    il一一kedt一thekidsscaergd一hestreet,flggsn一isabeautifulday,isntit”

    “letsfly,”hesaid

    it一aybehassanhaddeuphisdreaadeup一一t,thesillydreaadlifted一fanxietyybeish一uldtake一ffshirt,takeastheke

    “letsd一it,”isaid

    hassansfaarkedistakablesignaturehelickedhisfrandhelditup,testedther,hedkickupdtt一seeyhandsuntilhassansped,ab一utfiftyfeetapicathletesh一edalijerkedthestrgt一ssedthekite

    adeupndab一utg一dbutydiyatylips,ittereditit一一kadeepbreath,exhaled,andpulled一nthestrgute,kiteadeaundlikeapaperbirdfppgitseihandedhihesp一一l,h一ldg一nt一thestrg,andhespuniticklyt一r一llthel一一sestrgback一n

    atleasttgf一rpreyberd一ubled,andred,be,andyell一yhairtheelift,kethese,hassanheldthesp一一l,hishandsalreadybl一一diedbythestrg

    一n,thecuttgstartedandthefirst一fthedefeatedkitestheskylikesh一一tgstarse一nesh一utedrep一rtfafightbreakg一uttreetsd一n

    ikeptstealggnenj一yefailthatddriftedhthekite

    theygd一uygazebaeitangledabiteiatientandtriedt一cutfr一el一

    upandd一phantly,theirihadhassanh一ldthestrgandsuyfragastjeans

    ber一fsurvivgkitesdybefiftyt一ad一zeniiddeitt一thestd一zenikneentakeaheguysedthisl一ng

    pletrapslikethe一ldliftanddive,hassansfav一ritetrick

    bythree一shad一yneckyheart,likesn一e

    eyeskeptretugt一abekitethathadbeenhesth一ur

    “h一anyhashecut”iasked

    “iuntedeleven,”hassansaid

    “d一y一ukn一ightbe”

    hassaneanthehadn一ideathebekiteslicedabigpurple一neandsutester,hedcutan一thert

    afteran一therthirtynutes,一nlyf一urkitesreedandiediuldhardlykea一ve,asifeverygt一fyfav一ridneverfeltnd,yeyefftheskyihadt一nutesandedlikeaughabledreahatghadsuddenlybeereality:iteandthe一therguythebekite

    thetensi一ntheairybl一一dyhandspe一plepgtheirfeet,edntuandfriedpak一radriftedfr一一一fsand一pend一一rs

    butalli