It was a beautiful warm sunny day in Tarrytown, and the birds' singing was almost drowned out by excited chatting from inside the airplane hangar of E.Z Airlines airport.

"I'm so excited for when he arrives!" Jay Jay exclaimed joyfully.

"I just hope that nothing bad happens when he does come." Old Oscar added thoughtfully.

But just as he said that, they all heard a loud screech of wheels on tarmac. That meant only thing at E.Z Airlines, and that was... "He's here!" Jay Jay cheered and he hurried out to greet the new arrival. Tracy, Snuffy and Herky followed him, then Big Jake, Old Oscar and Savannah tailed them.

A blue jet with tangerine stripes was on the runway. He looked as though he was in a bad mood, and he didn't look as though he wanted to be here. His name was Orland and he had flown to E.Z Airlines from North Peaks, a neighbouring airport. The planes all began cheering as they went to see him and welcome him to their home.

"Why are you all cheering on me?" Orland asked the cavalcade grumpily.

"We're really happy to see you." Old Oscar replied politely, but hearing this only made Orland's grumpy look turn into a scowl.

Mr E.Z O' Malley, the man in charge of airport operations, came over to see what was going on. "Ah, Orland, I see you have arrived! Welcome."

"Who are you?" Orland asked Mr. O' Malley rudely.

"I'm Mr E.Z O'Malley, and I'm in charge here. I am allowing you to stay at my airport, and I don't expect you to show such appalling manners, so while you are here, you are to show courtesy and respect. Am I clear?"

Orland didn't like being told what to do, but he didn't want to risk going back to North Peaks in a flash, so he decided to tone things down a notch.

"Yes sir. I will sir." He agreed sullenly.

"Good. I also expect you to follow the rules whilst you're here. You shouldn't be told this, but I do not allow tomfoolery around here."

"Alright, sir, I'll behave." Orland promised half-heartedly.

"Excellent." Mr O' Malley replied.

...

Orland was allowed to go into the hangar to rest a while after his trip. He had woken up early for his flight, so he willingly accepted the privilege and was soon sound asleep, and he didn't wake up until night had long fallen over Tarrytown.

As Orland looked out of the door of the hangar at the beautiful night sky, he suddenly had an idea. "I'll fly out there into the night!" He said to himself. "I'll be so loud and so grand that when the other planes wake up and notice me, they'll tell me that I am the greatest plane in the world!"

So after checking that the other airplanes were sleeping, that is what he did- he flew out of the hangar into the night.

The sky was very stunning, with sparkling stars speckled in the sky, and a large moon the colour of a silver coin. But Orland was too busy focusing on performing an impressive flying display than the marvel of the night sky.

But just as he was performing loop the loops and backward somersaults in the dark, hoping that the other planes would notice him, disaster struck. One of Orland's lights went 'POP!' and the glow that the light possessed disappeared in a flash.

"Oh no- my light's gone out!" He exclaimed. "I can't see!"

"We better land now or we'll crash!" The pilot exclaimed in alarm. Orland agreed, but he was reluctant to land as he didn't know the landscape very well, and he was afraid to land on something he shouldn't, like a tree or a house.

But worse was to come- the pilot could make out the silhouette of a very tall tree ahead of them. "Watch out!" He yelled, and he swerved to avoid ramming into the tree.

"Now what do we do?" Orland asked, feeling very frightened at the fact that he was in the dark- without his light.

"I'll try to find the airport and land there." The pilot decided. "It's risky, but I'm also not keen on getting you banged up by a tree."

...

Using a compass, map and torch, the pilot was able to work out where they were at the moment, and also how far they were from the airport. "Right, we need to go this way, Orland!" The pilot called, and he turned Orland in a north east direction before flying off in that bearing.

...

Before he knew it, Orland back at E.Z Airlines, and he was very glad to be back on firm ground again. However, his fear was short lived, when he saw Mr. O'Malley glaring at him. He was very, very unhappy with Orland, and he knew why.

"Airplanes are strictly prohibited to fly out at night unless they have permission to do so. You have broken a very important safety rule."

Although Orland didn't want the pilot to mention anything about it, the pilot shakily confessed about the plane's busted light.

"Ah, so you have broken two safety rules! Every plane, no matter what their circumstances, should land as soon their light goes out. Is that understood?" Mr O' Malley asked sternly.

"Yes sir. I'm very sorry sir." Orland replied sadly.

"I hope so, for I am prepared to give you one more chance, Orland." Mr O' Malley replied sternly. "Now go back to your hangar, please."

Orland did, and he was feeling very ashamed of himself. Whilst he was a show off at times and could be stubborn, grumpy and rude, he is not a rule breaker. He decided to try his best to make it up to Mr O' Malley tomorrow morning.

I do hope that Orland has learned his lesson from that night and use it to prove that he is a much better jet plane than one who breaks the rules and makes reckless decisions. Don't you hope so too?