Аннотация: MMMCCXCVII. A bicycle. A story-biography. - June 14, 2023.
A bicycle. A story-biography.
Vittorio, when he was a little boy, received a gift from his parents - a bicycle.
Once he got off his bike, leaned the bicycle against the wall of a neighbor's house, and went to visit a friend.
After returning from a friend, Vittorio saw a boy riding away on Vittorio's bike.
Vittorio ran after the boy - to catch the boy. It was heavy to run, but the road was uphill, the bike could not pick up a speed, so Vittorio caught up with his bike, took it from the bad boy and returned home victorious.
At home, he put the bicycle in the shed and went to rest in his room.
Remembering the theft of own bicycle, Vittorio surprised about himself: it turns out that if he wants to, he can run long and fast.
The next day he went to the section of sports running, and a month later he became the European champion in middle distance running.
The life of a sportsman is relatively short, so it was necessary to think about the future.
Vittorio converted the own popularity of champion in sports running into popularity among voters and became a member of parliament.
The MP's salary is not bad, but the expenses exceed the salary: many trips, meetings, visits to restaurants, etc.
He had to go into business.
Popularity plus connections in the political sphere brought a business success.
Vittorio got a big money.
But big money requires the taking care of them. To ensure the safety and multiplication of money, Vittorio acquired connections in various sectors of society.
The life was interesting, but a fatigue was accumulating.
How to deal with fatigue?
Vittorio bought a small island where he organized fun evenings.
Naturally, a yacht was needed to get to the island.
However, Vittorio's wife did not like the cheerful evenings, and she divorced him.
This divorce damaged Vittorio's reputation, and directed to him the attention of not only voters, but also of the strict people.
Strict people began to study: what does Vittorio do on his island?
Vittorio had to explain. And how can he convey his explanations to the people, to the voters?
Vittorio bought a newspaper and a TV channel.
However, meanwhile one of Vittorio's friends - from the sphere of big business - made an unexpected step. A friend took a cordless drill and drilled a large hole in the bottom of the Titanic.
The passengers of the Titanic started to run around, a panic began. Information about the incident got into the press.
Not only did this incident further damage Vittorio's reputation ("who are his friends?!"), so the strict people began to filter Vittorio's past even more actively and to look for various sins there.
Yes, and a disappointment was felt: Vittorio, as a man who often sailed by sea on his beautiful yacht, could not understand: why to drill the bottom of the ship - after all, people run around the deck, worry, panic. It's one thing when a person is driving in a car and something bad happens to him. This is still one can to understand. But to try sink the ship - it is the something not right ... It's - not clear ...
Vittorio's health began to deteriorate.
He ended up in the hospital.
In the hospital, relatives visited him, they wished him a good health and a long life, and they asked him to write his autobiography.
Vittorio thanked his relatives for their good wishes and began to tell them about his past.
It turned out that his active biography begins with a children's bicycle.
During the night, Vittorio's health worsened...
The relatives who came in the morning sighed...
They decided to find a photo of Vittorio: how he rides a bicycle as a child.
But no such photo was found.
Since there was no photo where Vittorio rides a bicycle as a little boy, it had to use a photo where Vittorio is sailing on his beautiful yacht (with a friend, the one who, unexpectedly for everyone, drilled a hole in the bottom of the Titanic). The photo was changed, edited, a bit...
The bike, probably, is staying in the shed. But where is he now, this shed? And whether is this bicycle alive, he exists?
An inheritance left. It must be admitted - the sum is not a small.
June 14, 2023 06:26
Translation from Russian into English: June 14, 2023 16:34
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