It's Sarindi's birthday, and what he wants more than anything else is the multi-coloured Dragon Kite he sees in the market. He thinks he's the luckiest boy when he wakes up and sees the kite hanging in his window, and he can't wait to go to the beach fly it with his father.
But later that day Sarindi wonders if his luck has deserted them all. An earthquake has flattened the nearby town of Bantul, where Sarindi's cousins live. Suddenly, it is no time to be going on a birthday picnic, or flying a dragon kite. Sarindi and his father must go by becak to Bantul, to see if they can help.
Have Sarindi's cousins survived the earthquake? And will it ever be time again to fly his beautiful kite?