Stuck in the Bike
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âStuck in the Bikeâ
âOuch!!â I kept saying as I kept looking at my Achilles tendon bleed, and feeling the doctor poking me with needles. âDonât worry, just a couple of stitches and youâll be good to goâ, she said. I just wished she would hurry up because I couldnât stand to look at my bloody foot anymore. âSo what happened? How did you hurt your self so bad?â asked the doctor.
âWell, it all started one sunny Saturday morning, in Colombia. I decided to go outside and play with my Barbie Dolls. As I played, some teenagers from the neighborhood asked if I wanted to go bike riding with them. I didnât know how to ride my bicycle yet, I still rode a tricycle. I called my dad and asked him to come outside. As they talked, I would watch them discuss the race and point at the streets they would ride on but at the time I had no clue what was going on.
âBaby, go inside because I am going to race with the boysâ my dad told me.
âBut daddy, I want to go too!â
âNo, you are too young to be racing around, and plus something can happen!â
âDaddy please!!!!â
âFine, but not on your own. Youâll get on the bike with meâ
So he went inside and brought out a pillow to put on the bar so I would be comfortable and then he sat me on it.
âOkay, hold tight so you wont fall, and never at any point put your feet near the wheels or your going to get hurtâ he said strictly.
As excited as I was to be in a race, I said âokayâ to everything that he told me. Then, one of boys said;