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A conversation, <\/strong>while riding bikes and scooters around the nearby high school, only a block from our house…<\/p>\n

————–<\/p>\n

“Do kids ride their bikes to this school?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Some probably do.”<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Why not?”<\/p>\n

“I’m going to ride my scooter.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Well, most kids in high school don’t ride Hot Wheels scooters. You’ll be too big for it anyway. You know, we’re close enough you could just walk<\/em> to school.”<\/p>\n

“Or, I could hop to school on my pogo stick.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“You don’t have a pogo stick.”<\/p>\n

“I might have one in high school.”<\/strong><\/p>\n


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