Beruflich Dokumente
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I. Separation/Departure
Maria experienced love at first sight towards Lorenzo when she first saw him. This prompted her
to go on a journey to look for materials needed to make a kite that will make her part of the stars
because Lorenzo “only has eyes for the stars”. She thinks that Lorenzo will notice her if she can
make a unique kite because Lorenzo is fond of looking at the stars in the sky.
Maria told her parents and padrinos that she was going off on a long trip. A journey that took
almost sixty years for Maria and the butcher’s boy to find all the items needed in the making
of the kite.
Maria asked Melchor Antevadez, a skilled kite maker for a list of items needed to make the kite.
He gave her an impossible list of items as these were not found at Ciudad Meiora and none of it
can be bought. She was also accompanied by a fourteen year-old butcher’s boy.
Maria and the boy began their journey at Pur’Anan, travelled north to the lands of Bontoc and
Cabarroquis and travel on to distant and unheard places to find the materials they need.
After the third year of their travel, they ran out of money. This took them to greater and more
II. Initiation
Through their entire travel they learned and acquired skills needed to pursue their quest.
Maria learned so many great things including speaking nineteen languages. In their seventh
year, a dreadful storm destroyed their caravan. Maria allowed herself to cry for the last time
At last Maria and the boy returned to Ciudad Meiora, both stooped and older. They have
with them the complete items needed to make the kite. A kite that will make Lorenzo
III Return
They made their way to the house of the kite-maker but was told that he died
many years before. But Melchor Antevadez was able to leave the design of the
kite for Maria. She asked the grandson to make the kite.
Reuel Antevadez finished the kite designed by his great-grandfather. A kite that Maria
The butcher’s boy helped and strapped Maria to the big kite. As she rosed in the sky she reflected
Finally, Maria was able to do the impossible. As she looked at the city beneath her, she waved
her free hand thinking that Lorenzo is looking at her. While Lorenzo, an old man, long-retired,
When a powerful wind took the kite to sudden new heights, when Ciudad Meiora and everything
Below her vanished in the dark, Maria Isabella du’l Cielo looked up at the beginning of forever and
thought of nothing.