Two Stories about Flying

What “Two Stories about Flying” begins with

BEFORE YOU READ Since the earliest times, humans have dreamt of conquering the skies. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath, and it was such a long way down — miles down.