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The Ten Speed Bike l I had never seen anything like it. It was shiny, red, and it had ten speeds. I was sure it was the most beautiful bike in the world. I looked at my ugly, orange, girl’s one- speed bike, a hand-me-down from the stone age, and suddenly I felt very envious. It wasn’t that my bike didn’t work well; it did. In fact, it was so sturdy it wouldn’t break down in a head-on collision with a train, because it was built like a Humvee and weighed twice as much. But this new bike was light and fast. We boys all gathered around to stare at it. It belonged to our new neighbor, “Rod”, who had just moved into the area. “Wow! That’s a beauty!” Lenny said, running his hand along the sleek steel. “Where did you get it?” Butch asked. “A K-Mart in Salt Lake City,” Rod answered. “What’s a K-Mart?” Buster queried. “It’s bigger than any store you have around here,” Rod replied. “In fact, you could probably fit ten stores the size of the grocery store inside of it.” The grocery store was the biggest store in the area, and by the look on some of the other boys’ faces, I could 1