A Funny Carriage Ride

by Bruce Grimes

There were two thieves named Frankenstein and Keith Urban. They stole a bunch of computers from a market where Bruce was selling repurposed computers that don’t cost very much money. 

They threw Bruce’s computers in the dumpster. They wanted to tie Bruce up and hold him for ransom. Bruce yelled, “Help! I’ve been stolen!”

Frankenstein and Keith Urban said, “You be quiet. We’re going to make you go through a drive thru with us while we steal money.”

Bruce felt very upset and mad to be taken on such a bad kind of adventure. “You better let me go, or I will tell the police!” Bruce said.

Then they said to each other, “We better let him go.” 

So they took Bruce to Belvedere Castle in Central Park, in the middle of New York City. They let him go after staying with Bruce all night in the castle. 

In the morning, a military man marched right up to the castle and said, “You’re coming with me, Bruce to help me give out MREs for Christmas presents.” The meals were for people across the country whose houses were damaged when a hurricane came through.

Frankenstein and Keith Urban snuck out of the castle and went back home. The military man, Adam, told Bruce, “We could really use an old-time wheelchair to deliver these meals. Shall we make one together?”

They looked around Belvedere Castle to find materials to make a wheelchair with an old belt motor. 

Bruce had gone to school to learn how to fix cars. He was especially good at changing oil and fixing tires. He knew what he and Adam needed to be able to build a belt-motor wheelchair. They looked around the castle for only 15 minutes before they found everything they needed to build the chair. It worked pretty well, for the most part. 

They started out on the journey to the closest military base. Suddenly, the chair broken down. The motor fell down to the ground and exploded! Fortunately, no one was hurt. But now, Bruce and Adam had to find a horse to pull the wheelchair. There were lots of horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, so they borrowed a horse from one of the carriage drivers. 

They delivered all the meals and returned to Adam’s military base. Bruce was given a Blue Heart Medal for delivering all the meals. Adam got one too. They became close friends. They sometimes met up at Belvedere Castle for a fun afternoon together and a carriage ride.