Michelle's New Bicycle
I work in sales. While I was in a customer's home one afternoon and was talking to the customer, their 4 year old little girl whose name was Michelle, tugged on my pants leg and excitedly exclaimed,
"I got a new bicycle, do you want to see it?"
I said, "Sure, Michelle."
So off to the backyard we all went. Upon getting into the backyard, I saw a brand new girl's bicycle.
"Wow! Michelle! That's a beautiful bicycle." I complimented. "Can you ride it?"
"Yeah, I can ride it," she said, then with a sad face she pouted, "but it's broke."
I looked at the new bicycle and couldn't see anything wrong with it, so I asked her,
"Well, what's wrong with it?"
"I don't know," she shrugged, "but every time I ride it.....
. . . . .it falls over!"
Originally published November 15, 2004.
