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Friday 13 July 2012

day forty-seven and a "X"

Ron knew he had to fix the hole in the balloon somehow. He could hear the hiss of escaping air and feel the airship falling. Ron took hold of the rope net that attached the balloon to the cabin and climbed up. It was freezing cold and Ron could hardly feel his wing-fingers, but eventually, with a great effort, he reached the hole and managed to fix it with two pieces of tape in the form of an "X". 
The hissing stopped and Ron, who realised he had been holding his breath, blew through his beak with relief. But then Ron lost his foothold and started to fall! He stuck out his wing to try and grab the rope net again, but instead the end of the roll of sticky tape, which was still around his wing-wrist, stuck to the balloon. The tape was very sticky and stopped his fall for a second, but then the roll of tape began to unwind under Ron's weight and in a moment he was dangling about twenty metres below the airship. Ayeee! 

1 comment:

  1. Ron, please beware not to fall into the outer space-teatime!

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