With characters from the neighborhood of Bob Arnold’s Cyber Café.

The day dawned warm and clear, without a hint of cloud or breeze.
The air was slightly cool with the promise of comfortable warmth in the
afternoon. The sun was arching upward in its trek across the sky. The
land was budding green, heralding an explosion of lush growth to come.
In short, it was a wonderful spring day, just perfect for flying a
rocket.

Nora Spencer had anticipated this day all winter. She normally spent
weekends working at her store, The Bear Market. But this day was
special. She was taking two little girls out to the country to fly
their first rockets. Maggie and Becky were proud of their creations,
and rightly so. They had built under the expert tutelage of Nora and
Alice Merren, and were anxious to see their little craft soar into the
sky. Becky had built two rockets, and Maggie had built three. All were
painted and ready to lift off. Alice had also built some rockets while
showing the girls how to construct them properly. And Nora had a few of
her rockets of her own to fly.