From September 2013
This is an exchange between David and his mother, Conna.
David: Mom, did you hear about an accident in St. George where a bicyclist was hit by a van from behind and the bicyclist died?
Mom: No, I did not hear but that is so sad.
David: Anyway, the bicyclist was from Spanish Fork and he and his wife went to high school with Mike. The wife’s family lives just a couple of doors east of us.
Mom: [Standard comments about how unfortunate the accident is.]
David: Do you remember that the same thing happened to me when I was in 4th
grade? (I was referring to a bicycle accident I had when I was
hit from behind, flew way up and landed on my side, suffering a
fractured skull and a badly bruised leg. I was in the Sun Valley hospital
for a week.)
Mom: Why David, you didn’t die in a bicycle accident. If you had, I would have remembered.
David: Mom, if I would have died in an accident, I wouldn’t be talking to you now.
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