Sunday Miscellany: Balancing the Red Terror, by Mae Leonard

Learning how to cycle proves to be a delicate balancing act for a group of men, and their young student - via the Sunday Miscellany archives, listen to Balancing the Red Terror by Mae Leonard above.

The trouble with her, my father said, is that she can't balance. Somebody's got to do it, my mother insisted. I stood between the two of them, held my breath and winced when he said okay, okay, I'll do it, I'll teach her how to cycle.

The trouble then is that there was only one bicycle in our house, and that was my father's...

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