A Wall of Fire Rising

- Little Guy was assigned to be Bookman in a play. He proudly recited a few lines in front of his parents, which made them felt great pride for hearing the voice of one of the forefathers of Haitian independence. 

- While they were having their dinner of cornmeal, Little Guy kept reading those lines.                               - They went to the sugar mill, where people gathered to watch the news showed on the large television was installed by the government, told stories and made bonfires. 

- The Assad family who owned the sugar mill had a hot-air ballon. They went to watch it when it was not used. Guy was totally obsessed with the hot-air ballon, which made Lili worried. 

- Before they slept, Guy was finally able to tell Lili the news: he got a few hours' work at the sugar mill but it was scrubbing the latrines. Lili tried to console him, but Guy said he was still number 78 on the permeant hire list. He considered to put Little Guy on the list for letting him get a job in the future, which was disagreed by Lili. 

- Their conversation moved to the balloon. Guy thought that he can make the balloon fly, and they talked about the reasons to want to fly but interrupted by their son's scream.

- Little Guy dreamt that he cannot remember the lines. His parents helped him and got him to sleep. 

- In the afternoon, Little Guy returned from school and proudly told his parents that he had got more lines. He recited his new lines to them. 

- After the supper, Guy told the hardships of working at the mill. He said that he wanted to fly the balloon to a place to build his own new house. 

- Their conversation was again interrupted by their son; Little Guy cannot remember his new lines. They helped him to relearn those.

- The next morning, Lily went to the public water fountain with some other women. On her way back, she met Little Guy with terrified expression and told her that Guy took the balloon. 

- They went to the field behind the sugar mill, where a group of workers were watching. 

- Suddenly, a chorus of screams broke out because Guy was trying to jump out of the balloon. Within seconds, Guy hurtled down in the air. The balloon continued floating free. 

- As Little Guy looked at Guy's body, he recited the lines from his play. Lili left Guy's eyes open to look at the sky.