Kite of Hope

In a seaside town after a typhoon, sixteen-year-old Tu Shanjing meets nine-year-old Xiao Hai. Xiaohai had a paper kite with a blue bird painted on it, hanging on a fallen treetop for many days. Jing helped him get the kite down, repaired it, and flew it into the sky with him. The kite flies very high during the day, and the kite at night is tied with a flashlight, which is as bright as a star that refuses to fall. Xiaohai said, when I get better, you can teach me how to fly a kite at night when I come back. Later, Xiaohai went to a big hospital and never came back. When he left, he hugged the kite. This is a story about encounters and farewells. The wind was strong and the lights were so bright that people across the sea could see them.