The Present By Ruben P

I have been sitting in a dark, gloomy room for hours and hours. On my PS4 Pro playing Bike Play 2019 again! I wish that could be me racing around the track at high speed.

Ring, ring the phone goes off. It’s my best friend asking me to meet him at the park.  He tells me he’s got something for me and to come NOW! I wonder… what could he possibly have? I’m in the car I’m nearly at the park. My Mum is worried  because there are strangers, I could fall over and get hurt .But she wants me to go outside and play with my friends so she lets me go. I walk up the rocky steps, I find my friend sitting down. He has something massive hidden under a blanket. I wonder what it could be?

All at once he rips of the blanket off. I stare in amazement, is that for me? I walk around in delight. I touch it feel it. A BIKE! I thank him so much. He tells me the story of how lots of friends, and family collected  money to get me the bike. All of sudden familiar faces jumps out of the bushes and yell, “SURPRISE!” I can’t believe it but I am so happy.

I have no idea how to ride this bike or even how to pedal I’m terrified I won’t be able to ride it. My friend walks up to me and tells me he will show me how the bike works. I’m so  relieved! He tells me this will be easy as reading a great book. My friend shows me how to use my new bike. Apparently I use my hands to make it move and to steer it. The gears are as smooth as a table top, they are so easy to change. The brakes stop and go like the air is working them. It’s not long before I am on my new bike, riding away.

3 months later I’m riding my new bike in the great outdoors as happy as Larry. My best friend and I go off roading, street biking, we go everywhere. Before I was sitting in a dark, gloomy room now the sun’s my best mate.

My life is now filled with joy, harmony and fun with my bike.