Amjad was excited. He was going with his
parents from Srinagar to Delhi. He was flying to Delhi in an aeroplane. His
parents and he came to the Srinagar airport to get on the aeroplane. They had
suitcases with them.
Policeman standing at the door: Please
show me your tickets and cards.
Father: Here they are.
Policeman checking them: They are fine.
You can go in. Have a good trip.
Father: Thank you.
Amjad and his parents go to the check-in
counter. Amjad’s father shows their tickets to the lady at the counter.
Lady: Do you have any luggage to check in?
Father: Yes.
Amjad helps his father to put the
suitcases on the stand. The lady gives them three boarding passes. It has seat
numbers on it. These are seats for the three of them. Amjad is happy to see
that he has a window seat.
Amjad and his parents go through the body
check machine and enter the boarding area. They sit down on the chairs there.
They have to wait for their flight number to be called. Amjad is so eager that
he cannot sit. He jumps up and down. Through the large glass window, he can see
many planes landing and taking off outside. Finally, an announcement is made.
It is their flight being called. All the passengers flying to Delhi stand in a
queue to enter the plane.
When it is his turn, Amjad shows his
boarding pass to the air hostess. She shows him his seat. His parents sit down
beside him. Amjad looks at the window. It is tightly closed.
Amjad points at the window: Can we open
the window, Father?
Father: No Amjad. We cannot open any of
the windows in the aeroplane.
Amjad looks through the glass pane: Look,
Father. A flight is taking off.
Father: Yes. Our flight will take off too.
Mother: Wear your seat belt, Amjad. Listen
to the air hostess. She is telling us the safety rules of travelling in an
aeroplane.
Amjad fastened his seat belt and listened
carefully to the safety rules. The doors of the plane are closed. Amjad felt
the big aeroplane moving. The captain of the plane welcomed all the passengers.
The flight took off smoothly and climbed up. Amjad looked out of the window.
There were only white clouds to see.
The airhostess moved through the seats.
She was pushing a small cart. It had bottles of drinks and packets of food on
it. She came up to their seats.
Air hostess: What drinks do you like?
Father: We will have orange juice.
Air hostess: Here they are.
The hostess gave them three glasses of
juice.
Amjad: Thank you.
Mother: See Amjad, here is a button to
push the seat back.
Amjad pushed his seat back and drank his
juice.
Amjad: What fun it is to fly in an
aeroplane!
His parents smile. Soon Amjad went to
sleep. After some time, his mother shook him awake.
Mother: Amjad, wake up. We are going to
land.
Amjad sat up. They pushed the button to
make their seatbacks straight again.
The plane began to fly lower and lower. There
was a small bump and the plane landed. Amjad looked out of the window.
Amjad: The plane is still moving.
Father: Yes. It is going to its parking
place.
The plane stopped. The doors opened. All
the passengers walked out slowly. Amjad came out of the plane. He looked
around.
Amjad: Delhi is such a big airport. I
loved flying here from Srinagar.
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