THE BOY WHO WANTED TO FLY - PART 3

Chidi is now a big Engineer in America. He has money, he has car, he has house. But his heart is not happy.

Every night, he dreams about Lagos. He dreams about the gutter he fell inside. He dreams about his Mama's face.

One day, his boss called him: "Chidi, we have a big project. We want to build a new aeroplane for Africa."

Chidi's eyes shined. He said: "Boss, let me lead this project."

Boss said: "Are you sure? It's a big job."

Chidi said: "I was born for this."

For 2 years, Chidi and his team worked day and night. They designed an aeroplane that can land on short roads, that can carry market women and their goods, that can fly even when fuel is small.

They called it "Naija Bird."

The day they tested it, the whole world watched. The plane flew from America to Lagos. It landed smoothly at Murtala Muhammed Airport.

When Chidi stepped out of the plane, wearing his pilot jacket, the crowd shouted: "CHIDI UMBRELLA! CHIDI UMBRELLA!"

His Mama was there, old now, with white hair. She hugged him and cried: "My son, you finally flew."

Chidi knelt down and said: "Mama, this plane is for Nigeria. I want Nigerian children to know they can fly too."

He took the small broken umbrella he used that day - he kept it for 20 years - and he gave it to a small boy in the crowd.

He said: "Take it. One day, you will fly higher than me."

The small boy looked at umbrella and smiled.

And that is how the boy who fell inside gutter became the man who made Nigeria fly.

THE END