Wednesday, November 28, 2007

I was touching the white clouds

I was touching the white clouds...
It was sunny and warm spring, all creatures seemed to wake up after long, snowy winter - mind you the winter near the Tatra Mountains is really severe, though beautiful at the same time.
Amelia has always liked warmth and even thought she would have felt much better living in the southern part of Europe (France, Greece or Spain), where the climate is mild and the temperatures are much higher. But at that time she was staying in one of the coldest places in Poland, maybe that's why she used to get ill quite often?
Coming back to spring, as soon as it came - a mysterious pilot visited Amelia at her place of work. No wonder, she was excited and very happy, when she saw him walking through the hall in her high school. He looked nice with a sincere smile on his face. John came closer and kissed Amelia as if she were really someone important to him or even his beloved. Some students looking at this scene could think, "Our English teacher has a new man..." and it's quite possible that a few of them thought this way.
Two days later Amelia came to the airport situated in the outskirts of Nowy Targ, she didn't feel scared at all. Why? Was she that courageous? No, she simply trusted her older friend to a great extent and was pretty sure that nothing bad could happen to her... Moreover, Amelia needed to feel something extreme, thrilling and extraordinary. So she found herself in the cockpit of a small Russian aeroplane called by Polish pilots "Antek" and she was to be the copilot. "What a fun!!!", she said to herself. John must have had big trust in Amelia's skills, as his theoretical teaching how to fly the plane lasted 10 minutes. Then the plane took off, at first Amelia was observing his colleague and master, but soon she made up her mind and flew on her own..It was a great feeling, she was flying pretty high across the white clouds, she knew she was far away from the earth, from all her day to day joys and sorrows - it was freedom...Unfortunately, after a while Amelia experienced a strange feeling, the severe pain in her stomach, lowering of her blood pressure,her heart seemed to beat less often and weaker. As soon as John realized, what was happening he let her take a rest and landed ten minutes later... When her feet touched the ground, Amelia felt some relief and pride, she did something extreme and she didn't panic.
After three hour sleep in John's bed, she was relaxed and happy.Then they were talking about this adventure for many hours in the company of his fellow pilots. It was great, Amelia was laughing, dancing and telling dirty jokes with them in the pub until the next morning.

3 comments:

Mauro C. said...

Hi there,
You have a Great Blog Award to collect in 1 Million Love Messages.
Best regards from Portugal :)

Unknown said...

nice!!!!

A SEIVA

Amelia said...

Dear Mauro,
I haven't written any new posts for some weeks, that's why I didn't know anything about the prize. I'm amazed, astonished... and I'd like to thank you so much. It's an honor for me. Take care :-)))
Margie (Amelia)