Once upon a time, there was a girl who lived in a little town far, far away. The place she lived was beautiful and exotic, but when it was hot it was very, very hot and when it was cold it was frigid. One Sunday morning she woke up and realized she had nothing interesting to do. Her plans for a trip had been suddenly canceled the night before and she was bored. Of course, she had plenty of work to do, but Sundays are for fun and relaxing not work. She decided that despite a little snow she would use the pretense of running errands to go shopping. In the town she lived most people rode bicycles to get around instead of using cars and the girl truly loved riding her bicycle everywhere. So on this slightly snowy morning she bundled up and set out on her shopping trip. The snow wasn't sticking to the roads and made everything look beautiful and clean. The girl was enjoying her day immensely, even more so as she bought new clothes for spring. She was convinced that spring was just around the corner and would follow closely on the heels of this late snowstorm. After her shopping she left the store and was surprised at how much snow had fallen and stuck to the ground. Not one to be detered she brushed all the snow off her bike, got on and slowly started her journey home. It was slow going as she had to bicycle through 2 inches of snow. If you have ever driven a car in the snow you can understand how slowly the car will go up a hill in the snow and a bicycle is no different. Despite her best efforts the girl had to get off and push several times. She tried to be cheerful though and view all of this as an adventure, but that quickly ended as car after car drove past spraying sheets of icy water onto her. She began to think that maybe this wasn't the best of her ideas. She had only seen one other person riding a bicycle all day and that was a teenage boy. Teenage boys are not the best people to follow because they will do anything and everything provided it is dangerous enough or upsets their mothers. As she neared home she looked down and realized she was completely white from all the snow that had stuck to her. It was like a circus act-- the abominable snowman on a bicycle performing tricks for the spectators. Only her spectators all sat warmly ensconced in heated automobiles. She began to dislike her bike and wished, for the first time in years, that she had her own warm car to drive around spraying bicyclists in. When she arrived home she also wished she had a dryer for her clothes. But most of all she wished it would stop snowing and finally be warm!