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FlyingA Funny Story for Kids or anyone Young at Heart.
Oh, you want to try it too? But, wait...I think you'll need a "bumpershoot" and it probably should be navy blue. I have heard that bumpershoot is fancy way of saying umbrella. Before you try, read my story first.
All the farm animals were my friends, but Anna, my horse, Polly, the chicken and my dog, Daisy, were my favorites. Photo by Martin Tanner Go to Martins web site and check out his awesome designs Martin Tanner Design UK My little friends and I had wide open spaces where we could run and play.
to play cowboys and Indians, and hide and go seek. On our farm, I had my own "secret spots" where I picked sweet, wild strawberries, and a huge area where delicious wild raspberries grew. This was a heaven for a little girl who loved sweets. 
On a windy day, I saw a lady trying to hold on to her umbrella.
I looked around and .......there it was...DAD'S WOODSHED- aha!! I stacked some wooden boxes on top of each other and struggled, while I climbed up while talking to myself - "I can do this". Finally, I was on the roof. Great! ... OPS - the boxes tumbled down. "Oh well, I wouldn't need them anymore anyway.", I thought to myself. Soon IT Would Happen!, I could hardly wait.
Isfjorden, view from the mountains(left)
I looked around - UH-HUH-HUH -It was far down to the ground. I got scared AND had a bubbly, sick feeling in my stomach.BUT WHERE WOULD I GO?? It had been easy climbing up - but "the hopping-off-the-roof-part" would be harder.
Polly, my pet chicken (right), who was eagerly picking nuggets of food around the yard, with the rest of the flock. My animal friends couldn't help me anyway.
My problem was, I needed to get down from the roof!! "Sure I would be fine???".
Mom's beautiful, navy, silk umbrella was history and I ended up with bloody knees and a soar "SEAT OF WISDOM". What is the moral of this story???????? If you want to fly - try a plane, not an umbrella. He-He. Going for a ride with a horse and buggy would be a safer and a lot of fun too.
He and his son, Rich also created a site for my friends, Sherry and Tony. Tony Chamings is a designer, inventor, engineer, and consultant who holds numerous patents. Visit his very interesting site, which features a NEW EXITING PRODUCT you can't be without. Check it out here...Techzone Innovations Hope you have as much fun reading my flying story as I had "winging" it. COMING SOON...More stories about growing up on the farm in Norway. Stories, such as: Scary Red Eyes in the Mountain Cabin and... To Funny Dumpling Story after Flying
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Growing up on a farm in Norway was and still is quite different than living in the city.
That's all it took and I came up with flying. It was easy for this 10-year-old, since mom had a beautiful navy blue silk umbrella...
OH YES, if only I could get on top of dad's woodshed...hum!!!!
I noticed birds everywhere happily chirping and flapping their wings. "If birds can fly, so could I", I thought, "since I had my " my plane".
What would I do since I was alone home, except my dog, Daisy, (left) who was looking at me with approval, wagging her tail.
My horse who was peacefully eating grass.
I opened mom's pretty umbrella and imagined how much fun it would be floating around in the sky over the mountaintops looking at people, houses and everything.
"Going for a Ride with a Horse and Buggy".Photo by Martin Tanner 
stories about The Doll Dress; Sledding down Wild Norwegian Mountains; Blueberry Factory in the Sheep Barn; The Fox-Cage Doll House; Beautiful Cardboard Shoes; The Secret House; Cherry Berries in Tante Gitta's Garden, and more. What fun for children to read, but maybe the kid in you will enjoy the stories also. - - - Coming soon! 
