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The trajectory schema: Which way will you go?
Here is a girl.
She launches a paper aeroplane across the living room and it is fun.
It dips, it swerves, it flies.
It cuts through the air. Delighted, the girl chases along behind.
At last, it lands gently on the rug.
But the game doesn't stop there.