Rosebud, NSW - A Little Girl's Bike

Parkmore road resident vera and her daughter, susan, had made plans to go shopping that afternoon. A child's bicycle popped up against the rotting pine tree next door to their house. It was a girl's bike, coloured bright pink with a white woven basket ched to the handle bars and the brand name poppy emblazoned in white lettering along the frame. Vera ordered susan to turn around, drive to south road so she could tell the girl's family about the bike. After knocking on a couple of doors, they found the right house, a small fibro and timber property with a sprawling front lawn. The little girl's 24 year old mother answered the