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 Janie was excited, Janie was proud and Janie was ready! Her new bike was sitting at the door waiting for her, helmet dangled over the handle bars all pink and sparkly! Janie ran to the door still in her PJs and leapt onto the seat. THUD!!! Janie looked back at her foot jammed under the back wheel of her bike. Something was missing! What was it? If only she knew. Then it came to her and tears came gushing down. She screamed and wailed with full hearted attempts at getting her parents out of bed! “What is it dear?” her mother asked. “TRAINING WHEELS! NO TRAING WHEELS! WHERE ARE MY SPECIAL PINK TRAINING WHEELS! ” she screamed. “But dear,” “No buts Mummy! I want my wheels,” “Just try your new big girl’s bike. Please me and Daddy wouldn’t want you riding with trainer wheels when you’re 70,” “Okay!” Janie said obviously annoyed. And off she went pushing her new bike down the path and to the shop. When she returned Mum asked if she had a good ride. “Oh no mummy I didn’t ride that would be too dangerous!” Mum returned a worried glance at her husband who pretended to be busy reading the paper. “Why don’t you just try riding it?” “No!” Janie replied bluntly. <span style="BACKGROUND: black; COLOR: #ff99cc; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-highlight: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ">Mum sighed and turned her back on Janie who was now feeding her bike a cup of tea and a cookie. <span style="BACKGROUND: black; COLOR: #ff99cc; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-highlight: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ">The next morning the parents were awakened by the delightful sound of there daughter screaming her head off again! <span style="BACKGROUND: black; COLOR: #ff99cc; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-highlight: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ">They ran out only to find her lying on the ground screaming, “It won’t work!” <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BACKGROUND: black; COLOR: #ff99cc; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-highlight: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">“Come on hun’. Up you pop tot!”