Bicicleta (short story)

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name = Bicicleta
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author = Orson Scott Card
country = United States
language = English
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published_in = "Friend"
publication_type = Periodical
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media_type = Print (Magazine)
pub_date = 1977
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"Bicicleta" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection "Maps in a Mirror". Card originally published this story in the October 1977 issue of "Friend" magazine under the pseudonym Byron Walley.

Plot summary

This story is about a nine-year-old Brazilian boy named Amauri. When Amauri comes home with a bicycle one day his mother is at first worried and then very happy when she discovers that the bike was given to her son by a store owner who had also give him a job delivering groceries. This means that there will be more money to buy food for the family. There is only one problem, Amauri doesn’t know how to ride a bicycle. However, when two missionaries come to the house and learn about this they decide to teach him how to ride. After three days Amauri is able to go to work at the store.

Characters

*Amauri – Main character
*Amauri’s Mom - unnamed
*Cecilia - Amauri’s sister
*Three other children - Amauri’s other siblings
*Elder Samson – American missionary
*Elder Bonner – American missionary

Byron Walley

In the Question and Answer section of his website Orson Scott Card said that the first time he used the name Byron Walley was when he published the short story "Gert Fram" in "Ensign" magazine. Card did this because he had a non-fiction article “Family Art”, a poem “Looking West” and a short play "The Rag Mission" (published under the name Brian Green) appearing in the same issue. [http://www.hatrack.com/research/questions/q0081.shtml Pseudonyms] "Orson Scott Card's website The Hatrack".]

References

ee also

*List of works by Orson Scott Card
*Orson Scott Card

External links

* [http://www.hatrack.com The official Orson Scott Card website]
* [http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=4a173c4445e9b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "Bicicleta"] - available online from "Friend" magazine.