One day, Ball was resting his chin in his hands, staring out the window and daydreaming, letting out a sigh.
Handsome Cat asked, “Why the sigh, young one?”
Ball replied, “Yesterday, I was playing with the little swallow and the nightingale. I heard them talking about so many interesting things in the sky. I was thinking, how wonderful it would be if I could fly!”
Handsome Cat responded, “Aren’t you worrying needlessly? You’re a cat, not a bird.”
Ball replied, “But you’re a cat too. Why can you fly, but I can’t?”
Handsome smiled and said, “Because I’m an alien cat.”
Seeing Ball’s disappointed expression, Handsome added, “Alright, I can’t stand seeing you like this. Just this once, I’ll let you fly.”
With that, Handsome Cat took out an object and tossed it into the air.
It landed on the ground, revealing a carpet.
Handsome stepped onto the carpet and beckoned Ball to join him.
Not sure what Handsome was up to, Ball stepped onto the carpet.
As soon as he did, the carpet began to rise into the air, startling him.
The carpet flew off the balcony and soared into the sky.
Ball laughed and exclaimed excitedly, “Big Handsome, this isn’t just any carpet; it’s a flying carpet! I thought those only existed in fairy tales, but you actually have one!”
Handsome ran his hand through his hair and said coolly, “After all, I am a flying alien cat.”
The flying carpet carried Ball and Handsome through the sky, with Ball marveling at everything below.
From up there, he realized just how far he could see!
He grabbed a handful of passing clouds.
When they flew over an apple tree, he picked an apple.
Suddenly, Ball saw the little swallow flying ahead and called out to it.
The little swallow, not yet noticing, saw Ball and Handsome zooming past like lightning and almost fell from the sky in surprise.
At that moment, Ball heard a chorus of voices calling his name. Looking down, he saw it was his other animal friends.
The flying carpet descended.
The little animals called out, “We want to ride the flying carpet too and fly in the sky!”
Handsome said, “Alright! Today I’ll let all of you non-flying animals experience flying. Hop on!”
The little animals eagerly climbed aboard.
Only the little elephant stayed behind, looking enviously at the others.
Ball asked, “Little elephant, why aren’t you coming up? Don’t you want to fly?”
The little elephant quickly replied, “Of course I do, but I’m so heavy. I’m afraid the carpet won’t be able to hold me, and if I fall, you’ll all fall too.”
Handsome laughed and said, “What a joke! You underestimate my flying carpet. Even a big elephant can be easily lifted by it, let alone a little elephant like you.”
Hearing this, the little elephant happily climbed onto the carpet. The flying carpet took off with all the little animals.
That day, all the non-flying animals experienced the thrill and wonder of flying in the sky.
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