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Questions and Answers
What was the narrator's initial fear about riding on Sarah Street?
What was the narrator's initial fear about riding on Sarah Street?
What did the narrator's mom say happened when you pointed at rainbows?
What did the narrator's mom say happened when you pointed at rainbows?
What did the narrator notice about the street when he rode his bike onto Sarah Street?
What did the narrator notice about the street when he rode his bike onto Sarah Street?
What did the narrator do after riding his bike around the curve onto Sarah Street?
What did the narrator do after riding his bike around the curve onto Sarah Street?
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What was the narrator's realization about the dogs on Sarah Street?
What was the narrator's realization about the dogs on Sarah Street?
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What did the narrator do when they saw their mom's face in the window?
What did the narrator do when they saw their mom's face in the window?
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What did the narrator do to their bike after seeing the kid with the tricycle?
What did the narrator do to their bike after seeing the kid with the tricycle?
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What did the kid with the tricycle do after riding over the narrator's ankle?
What did the kid with the tricycle do after riding over the narrator's ankle?
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How did the narrator treat their injured ankle?
How did the narrator treat their injured ankle?
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What did the narrator realize after riding away from the painful incident?
What did the narrator realize after riding away from the painful incident?
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Study Notes
The Bike
- The narrator's first bike got him nowhere, but he felt cool riding up and down the block at age 5, wearing his brother's hand-me-down shirt.
- The narrator's mom told him that hungry dogs lived on Sarah Street and that their throats were hard with extra bones from biting kids on bikes.
- Despite this, the narrator decided to take the curve onto Sarah Street, but returned immediately without encountering any scary dogs.
- The narrator repeated this process, eventually feeling free and riding around the curve, doing figure eights, and riding up curbs and onto lawns.
- He met a kid his age on a tricycle and dared him to run over his leg, which the kid did, causing the narrator pain and tears.
- The narrator's ankle was purple, large, and hot after the incident, but he eventually got back on his bike and rode home, feeling relieved to be alive.
Childhood Memories
- The narrator remembers his mom's warnings about pointing at rainbows causing freckles, which he didn't believe.
- He recalls standing at the window, looking out at a rainbow after a rain, and trying to point at it without his mom seeing.
The Author's Style
- The author uses vivid imagery and descriptive language to convey the narrator's emotions and experiences.
- The author employs figurative language, such as comparing the narrator's hair to "black fire" and his horns to "devilish horns".
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Description
A poem about the author's first bike experience, describing the joy and freedom of riding a bike at a young age.
