THE SLEIGH WAS READY , ALL WAXED UP BUT GOOD FOR I WAS GOING TO BEAT THAT BULLY ONCE AND FOR ALL . HIS FANCY SLEIGH , ROCKET RIDER THEY CALLED IT , WAS ALL SHINY AND SPARKLING IN THE WINTERS SUN . BUT WE COULD NOT AFFORD ONE FOR OUR PARENTS WERE NOT RICH LIKE THAT KIDS THAT WAS A PRESIDENT OF THAT BIG COMPANY , DOWN BY THE RIVERS EDGE . SO I PLOTTED MY COURSE , I WAS GOING TO GO RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE WHERE THE SNOW WAS WELL FROZEN AND GLISTENED . ON THE MARK , SET , GO ! , I HEARD JIMMY SCREAM AS I JUMPED ONTO MY SLEIGH AND JUST FLEW DOWN THE ROAD , ON THE STEEP HILL . FOR THE FIRST HUNDRED FEET OR SO HE WAS RIGHT BESIDE ME , TRYING TO RUN ME OFF , INTO ONE OF THE BIG DOUGLAS FIRS THAT LINED THE ROAD TO THE INTERSECTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL . BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HIT A DEEP RUT AND FLEW OFF INTO A PARKED VOLKSWAGEN THAT WAS STICKING , ITS ASS OUT , ONTO THE STREET , ACROSS THE SIDEWALK . SO AS I KEPT GOING FASTER AND FASTER , I COULD FEEL THE WIND BLOW AND THE SWISHING OF THE SNOW AGAINST THE RAILS OF MY SLED , OH WHAT A FEELING AS I REACHED MACH ONE AND PRETENDED I WAS A FIGHTER PILOT RIGHT TILL THE END . I FLEW OVER THE INTERSECTION AFTER THE BUMP AND DID NOT TOUCH THE GROUND TILL I WAS AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THAT GREAT BIG GAS STATION , OH ! , OH ! , I THOUGHT , FOR THAT FLEETING SECOND AS I WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE DOOR AND INTO THE SHOP , LANDING RIGHT INTO THE LAP OF THE OWNER WHO WAS A MECHANIC . HE EXCLAIMED WHAT IN TARNATION IS GOING ON AND WHAT IS THAT SLEIGH DOING ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THIS CAR THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AS HE SHOOK HIS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE , WAVING HIS BONY FINGER AT ME AND SO THAT IS HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE GREAT RACE OF 1963 , LITTLE OL KEMY AND THAT BIG BULLY . FOR MY SLEIGH WAS CHRISTENED , THE ROCKET AND ALL THE THREE HUNDRED KIDS OR MORE ON OUR BLOCK WANTED TO TAKE HER FOR A RIDE , DOWN THAT STEEP , STEEP HILL .
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:11:35 +0000
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