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   One day, a father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. When they arrived, there were already many people in the park. When the son saw the sky filled with colorful kites in different shapes, he was excited and wanted to get one, too. His father agreed to buy one for him. So they went to a kite shop and chose a beautiful one.

With the string in hand, the son started to fly the kite. Soon, the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, “Father, it seems that the string(线) is stopping the kite flying higher. If we cut it, the kite will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father didn’t reply, but just cut the string. Suddenly, the kite began to go higher, which made the son much happier.

However, to his surprise, the kite was coming down. They waited for quite some time. Slowly, it fell onto the grass. The son felt upset and asked, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”

The father smiled and said, “The role of the string was not stopping the kite from flying higher, but helping it stay in the sky, because the kite itself can’t fly up. By using the string, you help the kite go up in the right direction. When you cut the string, it could not support the kite.”

In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most. We can really grow up and become stronger by realizing the importance of these things.