\u201cYou have to pull the throttle hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI know Shauny, fucken thing doesn\u2019t wanna work,\u201d says Dad.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo home, Shauny,\u201d I say.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd get your bike off the driveway otherwise he\u2019ll kick it in again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I know where to take it, and they can fix it for your dad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNorthcote\u2014on High St.,\u201d says Shauny.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do we get it there?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy train.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d I say.<\/p>\n
The next morning, we walk the lawnmower to Thomastown Station. The train thunders in and the door glides open. She sits there\u2014near the doorway, all blotchy and red, smelling of grass and sun and dirt.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey! Boys!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRun Jayden!\u201d says Shauny.<\/p>\n
\u201cSTOP!\u201d yells the PSO.<\/p>\n
I run.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad says that if PSOs catch ya, they\u2019ll kick your head in,\u201d says Shauny.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want my head kicked in.<\/p>\n
We walk along Spring Street, under low hanging branches and over the bridge.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you think will happen to Dad\u2019s lawnmower?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll go to Lost Property, for sure,\u201d says Shauny.<\/p>\n
For some reason, tears spill out of my eyes. Shauny pretends not to notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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