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The Bike Was Better Given Than Taken

But the thieves left me no choice

Karen Schwartz
Fiction Shorts
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2 min readSep 8, 2024

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Today’s random word is wilderness; the twist is to base the story on the image at the end of the drabble.

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Last week, I cleaned the garage. I got rid of the junk that prevented me from parking my car inside and put the unwanted rubbish at the curb. I thought someone would want it, and I was right. The old bookshelf, clothes rack, and ripped recliner were gone within hours.

But not my ten-speed bicycle.

Oddly, that expensive piece of metal was unworthy of a new home until later that night when thieves broke into my house and used it for their getaway.

Days later, police found it at the junkyard, a wilderness of broken hearts and stolen dreams.

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Karen Schwartz
Karen Schwartz

Written by Karen Schwartz

Children's picture book author, fiction writer, personal essayist, kindness specialist, and lover of chocolate.

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