Unit 3, Little Rose it was at least two months before Christmas when nine year old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle.0:03
As Christmas got nearer, she seemed to forget about her wish.0:15
So we thought and we bought a beautiful doll and a doll's house for her.0:19
Then, much to our surprise, on December 23, Rose said that she really wanted a bike more than anything else.0:24
It was just too late with all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying last minute gifts to take the time to choose the right bike for our little girl.0:33
So here we were, Christmas Eve around 9:00pm with Rose and her younger brother Willy sleeping happily in their beds.0:43
We could now think only of the bicycle.0:53
We felt that we were bad parents who would disappoint our child.0:56
What if I make a little bicycle out of wood and write her notes that she could exchange it for a real bike?1:01
His idea was that as she was such a big girl, it should be much better for her to pick it out herself.1:10
So he spent the next several hours at night working with a piece of wood to create a very small model bike.1:18
On Christmas morning, Rose opened the little yellow box with a beautiful red and white bike and the note in it.1:26
She read the note aloud.1:35
Does it mean that I must exchange this little bike that daddy made for me for a real one?1:37
Rose had tears in her eyes when she said, I will never exchange this beautiful bicycle that daddy made for me.1:46
I'd rather keep this than get a real bike.1:54
We were rather surprised, but at that moment we could move heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle on the planet.1:58
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