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Now or never, I thought I leapt, round I ju The air carried her

Dear God I was flying

My heart soared just as h the sky Nothing in or was mostly paid, and Florian and I were closer friends than ever Even better, the two of us finally had a real houardian gorilla I had friends, a home I had family

ButFreedom Just the briefest, sue, in the air that streas as I p

arted hed, and it felt like laughing for the first tihed with h my hair

Higher, the wind said Higher,And far beloas pretty sure it was exactly whatthunder of Florian’s hands as he clapped in encouragement

So up, and up, and up I flew, the sun touchingin e ceased toIt mattered more to me than ever I liked the human half of me That was cool But for the first ti, and heir – I felt good about being an angel Me An angel Flying!

I wondered if my father could see me, wherever he was I wondered if Moh the clouds, as I spun and barreled towards the stratosphere, as the air whistled between the gaps of ers

My laughter, like my heart, filled the open sky

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