With the leaves falling, Christmas
would come soon, and that meant one thing to Tyler Shepperd—asking Santa for a
bicycle, not a tricycle, a real two-wheeled dirt bike like his big brother Shawn
rode. Tyler had already asked and been turned down by Mom, then Dad, and Grampa,
although he might be able to wear down Gramma if he could tolerate sitting in
her lap a few more times. All the others said six was too young, he wasn’t
ready, maybe for his seventh birthday next summer, which was too late for
Tyler. The one person he was sure wouldn’t turn him down was Santa.
But just in case Mom or Dad
got to Santa first before Tyler could hand him his letter, when he saw him at
the mall in December, he had a plan. Before it got too cold, he would ride the
old trike he hated more than his younger sister Emma until the wheels dropped
off or the frame bent worse than Dad could repair, even with Grampa’s help and
magic tools.
Every day after school, rain
or shine, Tyler took to the leafy sidewalks, skidding out and slamming the
tricycle into tree trunks. After weeks and many bruises, a shadowy figure
jumped across his path. Frightened, Tyler collided with a loud thud into an old
oak that set one of his rear wheels wobbling. He picked himself up, watched the
shadow man return to a high branch, and the faint jiggle of a sleigh bell made
Tyler smile.
Tea Leaf Tales is a series of original
ten-sentence short stories by Marsha A. Moore, relating to photos/scenes that
resonate with her.
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