It was a beautiful morning at Tarrytown Airport. Tracy was enjoying the sunshine outside, when she saw her friend Herky flying around and as she watched he pulled off several tricks- all consecutively. She was awed.
"I wanna do that too!" She said herself in a near whisper.
So she took to the skies and neatly copied all of Herky's tricks without stopping for a breath.
'Woo!' She thought
"Hey Tracy!"
"Hi Herky!"
"What are you doing?" Asked the little yellow helicopter.
"Well, just felt like flying, that's all." She replied.
"Okay then," said Herky. "I'll let you do that."
Tracy beamed.
She continued repeating tricks that Herky pulled off, revelling in being like him.
But it wasn't long before they ran into trouble.
...
Tracy had watched Herky do some loops on his side and the right way up. So she copied everything he did, and whilst she did, she imagined being like Herky, being able to do his amazing tricks-
"Look out Tracy!" cried Herky.
Tracy screamed and found herself panicking, unable to think clearly.
...
The crash had been painful.
She had one jet coming loose; his helicopter arms were out of action.
"I'm sorry Herky," Tracy said apologetically. "I only wanted to copy you."
"That s alright Tracy- just remember, I like you the way you are, so don't change that okay?"
They smiled at one another.