The Kite (Part 3)

Toad ran across the meadow again. He waved the kite over his head. He jumped up and down. The kite went up in the air and crashed down into the grass.

That kite is junk," said the robins. Throw it away and go home." Toad ran back to Frog. "This kite is junk," he said. "I think we should throw it away and go home.

junk: It means trash or garbage. It means it is no good.

"Toad," said Frog, "we need one more try. Wave the kite over your head. Jump up and down and shout UP KITE UP." Toad ran across the meadow. He waved the kite over his head. He jumped up and down. He shouted, "UP KITE UP!"

The kite flew into the air. It climbed higher and higher. "We did it!" cried Toad.

Cried is the past tense of cry. It means shout in this story

"Yes," said Frog. "If a running try did not work, a running and waving try did not work, and a running, waving, and jumping try did not work, I knew that a running, waving, jumping, and shouting try just had to work."

The robins flew out of the bush. But they could not fly as high as the kite. Frog and Toad sat and watched their kite. It seemed to be flying way up at the top of the sky.