Things We Do As Kids

I was on my pedal bike one day when I got behind a really slow driver in a Chevette. I took it in my head that I was going to pass him so I cranked on the pedals, hauled out around him on the blind turn and got side by side with him, looked over, stuck my tongue out at him, looked ahead just in time to see this car locking up its brakes as I smashed into the bumper. I scraped myself up, got on the bike and tore off up the road as fast as I could hoping mom and dad wouldn't find out I nearly got myself killed.

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WTH I forgot she t-bones it!
rolling on the floor laughing wearing a neck brace.
The Chevette was the one I was passing, I don't know what hit me but it was a lot bigger laugh roll eyes

Its a wonder I survived childhood banana
Along those lines I recollect clearly - the boy over the road, inviting me to sit in the back pan of his tricycle. I wonder what age I was, but I complied and as he pedalled across the street, I cried out to him 'truck truck truck!' He took no notice, and pedalled right underneath the passing truck through the wheels - I don't know whether the truck stopped, but for sure it was driving slowly and so here I am today, 70+ years later. Last time I rode in a tricycle back-pan! I was definitely aware of the danger, even if he wasn't. Not sure whether I was 3 or 4, but it is one clear memory.
this bullied buffoon never answers, so perhaps I should never question. Moreover he never speaks to the topic, which is 'things we do as kids' ... what he did was tolerate unspeakable things, but as a kid what choices do you have?
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