***
The next thing we knew, we were
shooting up through some clouds.
“DAAAAAAAAAA-DEEEEEEEEEEEE!” screamed
O’Malley, but his voice sounded excited, not scared.
“You boys are doing great,” Dad’s
voice said from the speaker.
We soared up higher and higher. Then
the rumbling noise grew quiet. Before we could do anything, we started falling through the air. After a few seconds, we felt a big jerk
and started going down more slowly.
“Dad must have put a parachute on the
top,” I told my brothers.
“You better believe it, Lake,” Dad
said. “I wouldn’t let anything hurt you boys, would I?” I smiled. Up until
then, I wasn’t sure if Dad could hear us, or if we could just hear him. He must have put microphones into the SPM, I
decided.
After gently floating for a few
minutes, we landed with a soft thud.
“Is everyone all right?” I finally
asked, looking around. I was especially worried that O’Malley might have gotten
frightened from our fall.
O’Malley just laughed and grinned.
“Let’s do that again,” he said.
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Woohoo! Sounds like the sort of thing I would have loved before the unfortunate cliff incident.
ReplyDeletenot me, and I've never had a cliff incident! I'll stick to writing about it. although I did have a fun dream about sky-diving the other night...
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DeleteGrounded (or not as the case may be) in the very first line. These kids sound like they're having fun and their Dad appears to have thought of everything. He seems just lovely!
ReplyDeleteThanks Raewyn, I like Dad too. Don't tell anyone, but he's sort of modeled after my husband (minus the part about him being a world-famous inventor guy).
DeleteYeah, don't put me too far above the ground unless I'm on/in something very stable. The whole falling bit . . . only on the front seat of a roller coaster. But Dad sounds awfully fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you there Kathi! When I was a kid I always thought adults who were scared of heights were silly. I guess it comes from all that "wisdom" we've accumulated over the years!
DeleteI love the way the kids are embracing the experience, shown perfectly by O'Malley wanting to do it again. Having an inventor as the dad is a great idea and I agree - he does sound like a fun guy!
ReplyDeleteThanks, writing O'Malley's character was pretty fun. He's the youngest, but he likes to surprise us all at times. Yeah, wouldn't you love a crazy inventor father type whose only apparent purpose in life was to send you on wild adventures? :)
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