Learning How To Ride A Unicycle

1. A long time ago my great, great, great, etc. Grandfather and Grandmother come to Ellis Island from Ireland where they had lived before. My Grandfather came with his lover to escape the IRA who had put a price on his head.

2. I have always enjoyed eating pretzels because of their salty crunch and they have always been one of my favorite foods, but when I was a baby I guess I like them a little too much because I ended up choking on one. This resulted in my mom calling 911 and me ending up in the emergency room.

3.When I was around the age of ten I decided that I wanted to learn how to ride a unicycle because my brother had recently bought one. Figuring it would be as easy as a bike, but i’ll tell you it is much harder. First off to even get onto the unicycle I had to hold onto the wall, and then once I was finally on I couldn't even go two feet without falling off. I refused to let anyone help me because I wanted to do it on my own. I ended up giving up and I still don’t know how to ride one to this day. …show more content…
My big sister was up at bat and I was standing right behind her. She yelled at me to move saying that she would hit me on her follow through. Me being the stubborn little boy that I was, refused to move saying that I was fine right where I was.. “Fine” my sister said as she swung as hard as she could at the baseball on the tee, and sure enough there I was right in the path of her follow through. BAM! The bat slammed me right in the middle of the forehead and I still have the scar to this