A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. The son was happy when he saw the sky1with colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then bought a kite for his son.
The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, "Father, it seems that the string（线, 细绳） is2the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be free and fly even3. Can we cut it？" The father cut the string off of the reel（线轴）. The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy4.
But then, slowly, the kite started to5. It soon fell to the ground. The son was6to see this. He asked his father, "I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. 7did it fall down？"
The father explained, "The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it8in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right direction using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer9the kite.
We may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are10us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most.
