One day, a father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. When they arrived, there were already many adults and their 1 playing in the park. When the son saw the sky 2 with colorful kites in different shapes, he was excited and wanted to get 3 too. His father agreed to buy one for him. So they went to a kite shop and chose a beautiful one.
With the string (线) in hand, the son started to fly the kite. Soon, the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, "Dad, it seems that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be free and fly ever 4. Can we cut it?" The father didn't reply, but just cut the string off the reel (线轴). 5 the kite began to go higher, which made the son much happier. However, to his surprise, the kite was 6. They waited for quite some time. Slowly, it fell onto the grass. The son felt upset and asked, "I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?"
The father smiled and said, "The role of the string was not stopping the kite from flying higher, 7 helping it stay in the sky, because the kite itself can't fly up. By 8 the string you help the kite go up in the right direction. When you cut the string, it could not 9 the kite."
In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us most. We can really grow up and become stronger by realizing the 10 of these things.
