The Story Of A Little Boy And His Bike

Once upon a time there was a little boy who wanted a bike for his 5th birthday. But his mom didn't want him to have a bike because, besides the little boy, she had a three-year-old who still couldn't pedal and a one-year-old who still couldn't walk. She didn't want the little boy zooming around outside by himself and she thought it quite impossible to lug the younger kids on bicycle outings. So she told the little boy that he wasn't old enough. "Bikes are for six-year-olds" she said.

The little boy believed his mom. But just in case she was wrong, (because sometimes he saw kids riding bikes who looked younger than six) he started doing jobs to buy a bike for himself. After six months he had $11.88 but that was not enough to buy a bike. Then a terrible thing happened. One day the little boy came home from school with a yellow note folded up inside his hand. He was very sad and he didn't want to show the note to his mom. His mom thought the little boy got in trouble at school and she tried to talk to him. But the little boy was too sad to talk. Finally he handed the note to his mom. When his mom opened the note she saw that it was an entry form for the preschool Bike-A-Thon. All the children were to bring their bikes to school to raise money for new picnic tables. The little boy had heard the other kids talking about their bikes and he began to cry.

So the mom took the little boy to Target and was surprised to find a little red bike just his size for only $26.99. So the little boy paid $11.88 for the bike and the mom said she would pay the rest if the little boy finished his reading chart. Which he did. And the little boy finally had a bike and he was happy.

The end.