Chapter Five Nobody, though, had any bright ideas in the weeks that followed, and Twink stayed on the ground. Mrs Lightwing kept giving Twink extra lessons, but nothing the Flight mistress tried seemed to work. ‘Relax!’ she kept ordering. ‘You’re thinking too much, my girl. Don’t think, just fly!’ And Twink would clench her fists, mutter don’t think, don’t think to herself – and promptly fly into the tree again. Meanwhile the flying teams practised every day, swooping high overhead during Flight class. Twink sat on the ground watching them, trying to be a good sport and not to feel too sorry for herself. ‘Go, Sooze!’ she cheered as her friend’s team looped the loop in perfect formation. Sooze grinned and waved as they flew past. ‘That is so much fun!’ she called. Twink watched as Sooze’s team zoomed over the pond at the far end of the field, scattering blue and green dragonflies as they went.
