The sky is blue and cloudless, but strange shapes float across it. A purple dragon flies by and almost runs into a whale. People on the ground crane their necks to watch green aliens rise up. There’s no need to call the men in black. These colorful fliers are all part of a kite festival.
As fall brings cool winds, kite festivals take off around the world. Taiwan’s Shihmen Kite Festival invites local and foreign kite fliers, and you can see examples of Taiwan’s traditional humming kites and stunt kite performances. The Cape Town International Kite Festival attracts over 20,000 visitors. It’s packed with kite classes, markets, and performances. There, you can try your hand at making a South African swallow kite and then test it in the air.
Running of the Bols is an exciting game at the Fall Kite Festival in Oregon. Bols are parachute-like kites. To race them, people hold the kite’s rope while running into the wind. Because the bols are so big, trying to pull them forward is like having a tug-of-war with the wind!
天空蔚藍無雲，但卻有奇形怪狀的東西飄過。一條紫龍飛過，差點撞上一條鯨魚。地面上的人們伸長脖子要看綠色外星人升空。沒有必要叫MIB星際戰警。這些繽紛的空中飛行物都是風箏節的一部分。
隨著秋天帶來了涼風，全球各地的風箏節開始「啟飛」。台灣的石門風箏節邀請國內外風箏好手，你能見到台灣傳統的響弓風箏，還能看到特技風箏表演。開普敦國際風箏節則吸引超過兩萬名遊客，其中有許多的風箏教室、市集及表演活動。在那裡你可以試做南非的燕子風箏，然後在空中試飛。
環狀風箏賽跑是奧勒崗秋季風箏節中一項刺激的競賽。環狀風箏是外觀像降落傘的風箏。要用環狀風箏賽跑，人們得抓著風箏的繩子一邊逆風奔跑。由於環狀風箏非常大，努力把它們往前拉就像是在和風拔河一樣！
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