Violet had been enjoying the rain as she approached Flying Class (which she did not enjoy), when she was surprised by Professor Kazmi's thrown ball. Caught unawares, she was too late to catch it and it seemed to whizz right toward the center of her forehead for a few moments. But it missed and passed by her by several inches (or was it charmed to do that, she wondered) and sailed past her to land against a tree. Muttering to herself, Violet trotted over to retrieve it and then awkwardly threw it back to Kazmi, just barely landing it within his reach. "Sorry," she blushed, as she continued into the class area with her familiar school broom.

Then class started with a question--about what people don't like about flying. Well, Violet should be an expert on that. "What do I dislike most about flying?" she said when it was her turn. "Falling, that's what. And I think that's why a lot of people choose not to fly most of the time--if someone is not very good at it, they're afraid they might fall off or run into something and hurt themselves."