The Four Wheeler: A Short Story

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Have you ever wondered, “Why did this happen?” or “How did this happen?” When riding four wheelers you don't want anything important to fall off of them, but luck is not always on your side. Dalton was riding in the field next to his house with his cousin Branden, and later with his brother Garrett. As they were riding through the corn husks, the end piece of the muffler came loose and fell off of Dalton’s four wheeler. It was about twelve o'clock on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Dalton, his brother Garrett, and his cousin Branden were going to ride their four wheelers out in the fields. Branden got to Dalton's house about ten minutes after twelve and started unloading his four wheeler. Branden had a bright blue Yamaha Banshee. Dalton’s four …show more content…

Nothing is ever easy.” Garrett quickly grabbed a rag for the extremely hot muffler and a screwdriver from the toolbox. Branden and Garrett fired up their four wheelers and raced back into the field. Dalton had been waiting for what seemed like forever in the field with his four wheeler, hoping for Garrett and Branden to return quickly. Garrett had told him to stay put because he did not want anything else to fall off Dalton’s four wheeler. Dalton saw Branden and Garrett off in the distance approaching him like two cowboys on the horizon. Dalton got off his four wheeler and walked to the back of the engine where he once again looked down to see the damage. Garrett had to look around in the field for the muffler, but eventually he found it about one hundred feet from where Dalton’s four wheeler was stopped. Garrett grabbed the muffler using the rag because they had been riding for about an hour and they did not want to get burned by the hot muffler. Branden used the screwdriver as a makeshift bolt but it did not work because when the four wheeler would hit a bump, the screwdriver would come out making the muffler fall off again. Garrett eventually had to carry Dalton’s muffler on his four wheeler and try not to burn himself in the process. When they all came in from the field, Garrett and Branden looked and realized they just needed a bolt to attach it and it would be fixed. The only problem was that the bolt, like a needle in a haystack, was lost in the field about a mile from where they

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