“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”- Kurt Vonnegut. The world develops due to the ideas of great men and women. However every new invention carries within itself an equal potential for creation or destruction. This short story by Ray Bradbury shows how people in power using the excuse of protection and "The Greater Good" to justify the stifling of ideas and inventions. Flying is one of humanities most base desires, ever since we've watched the birds take to the skies, we have dreamt of soaring alongside them, floating in the cool breeze. In this story set in ancient china, a man invents a flying machine. The rest of the story is something you should hear instead of read in this little description box.