Hero's Journey

Once upon a time there was a kiwi bird named Anzac.  His best friend was a penguin named Ashana.  They had been best friends ever since they met at the Annual Wingless Bird Convention.  They were immediately friends from the moment they learned that they shared the dream to fly.  They were both yearning to fly however they were hesitant because they knew how dangerous this would be.  Also they would be missing the first couple weeks of there new job at the airport, which was very important to them.  Despite all of this they still decided to go to New York City and attempt to fly off the Empire State Building.  They said goodbye to their parents over the phone and got on the next plane (because they couldn't fly) and "flew" to New York.  They went straight to the Empire State Building......it was closed under earth quake construction.  They learned from a worker that it would not be opened for another three months! Anzac and Ashana were terribly disappointed.  If only they could get up to the top and just jump off really quickly, but they came up with the original problem of not being able to fly.  They were just on the edge of giving up when a seagull landed next to them.  Since they were in an awful mood and the seagull was only rubbing it in they were quite rude to the seagull and told her to leave.  She looked hurt and told them that the only reason she flew down here in the first place was to help them.  They apologized and excepted her advice.  She said that her and her friends could  help them, but she warned them that it was not a good idea to jump off something that high, because even though they could now get up there and jump off they still couldn't fly.  Of course they ignored her and impatiently waited for her to come back with her friends to fly them up to the top.  When they arrived they carried them each up one by one.  They got to the top and jumped off.  They both flapped their flippers and mini wings, but they just kept falling, obviously.  Thankfully a dump truck full of sand drove underneath them just as they were about to hit the pavement and die.  Next thing they knew they were in parallel hospital beds.  The first thing they did was ask the nurse if they flew.  She said it was more of a flop.  They were both very sad and became even more sad when they learned that they would have to stay there for a month.  During that month they became depressed.  When it was time to be discharged they got on a plane and "flew" back home to their parents.  For a week they just layed in bed, but then one day Anzac was spacing out his window and saw a small humming bird nosedive by when he saw that he suddenly remembered his need to fly and went on to his computer and looked up what he had been thinking.  After he found what he was looking for he called Ashana and told her his plan.  She was all for it so they "flew" to South Africa.  They got a jeep to the place, paid for their tickets and got harnessed up.  They stood on the edge of the highest bungee jumping platform in the world.  They jumped....they flew!.....and they were changed forever.