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The saddest story I’ve ever read, I read on Christmas day. About a man who’s hurt, would not go away. He was from the wrong side of the tracks but that didn’t make him any less a man, He had a wife and a little girl and he provided as best he can. He had worked hard all year long piecing together a bicycle from pieces that were salvaged from here and there. But when he was through it was a piece of art, every piece polished and painted with love and care. And that Christmas eve night, when all were asleep, he placed it under the tree, He was so excited he couldn’t wait for his little girl to see. And that morning her little eyes were fixed on that beautiful bicycle that shined so bright. She stammered as she tried to talk, for she was so filled with delight. She hugged momma and poppa and said this was the best day she had ever known, It was a gift of love and that was the look his daughter had truly shown. He took it outside so she could ride and ride, But what happened next in the story is where I cried and cried. A neighborhood gang banger was cruising the streets and feeling real mean, When he decided to scare the little girl with his car, the rest is such a horrible scene. She had never played chicken and didn’t know what to do, When he swerved, she did too. Her little bicycle was no match for the car that tore a happy home apart. And from the father that day was taken the light of his heart. They say it was just too much and he just went away, But the legend says she still rides her pretty new bike each and every Christmas day.
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