The Opposite of Falling

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  • At
  • Niagara
  • Falls,
  • Toby
  • O'Hara
  • offers
  • rides
  • over
  • the
  • rushing
  • water
  • in
  • a
  • red
  • and
  • blue
  • striped
  • hot
  • air
  • balloon.
  • The
  • balloon
  • is
  • a
  • day
  • job
  • for
  • Toby,
  • his
  • night
  • work
  • is
  • to
  • continue
  • to
  • perfect
  • his
  • father's
  • design
  • for
  • a
  • flying
  • machine.On
  • the
  • other
  • side
  • of
  • the
  • Atlantic,
  • Ursula
  • Bridgewater,
  • an
  • independent
  • woman
  • from
  • Liverpool,
  • is
  • ungraciously
  • dumped
  • by
  • her
  • fiancé.
  • Ursula
  • turns
  • to
  • the
  • thrill
  • of
  • travel
  • as
  • an
  • escape,
  • and
  • chooses
  • a
  • young
  • orphan,
  • Sally
  • Walker,
  • as
  • her
  • travelling
  • companion.
  • But
  • Sally
  • is
  • never
  • going
  • to
  • be
  • quite
  • as
  • prepared
  • for
  • the
  • land
  • of
  • freedom
  • and
  • opportunity
  • as
  • Ursula
  • -
  • and
  • certainly
  • not
  • ready
  • to
  • accept
  • Toby
  • O'Hara's
  • invitation
  • to
  • see
  • Niagara
  • from
  • a
  • great
  • height.Together
  • these
  • indomitable
  • characters
  • are
  • lifted
  • by
  • small
  • acts
  • of
  • bravery
  • to
  • find
  • -
  • surprised
  • and
  • heartened
  • -
  • that
  • what
  • once
  • seemed
  • terrifying
  • is
  • in
  • fact
  • the opposite...
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