Yearning to Ride a Unicycle

A long-held desire…

Trevor: Why would you want to ride a unicycle? At your age.

Cecil: When I was ten I saw a town parade. Floats to celebrate spring blossoms, to usher in a good apple season.

Trevor: Floats?

Cecil: A platform mounted on a truck carrying a display. Many of them were local companies advertising their products. The big float was decked with blossom decorations and carried the annual blossom queen.

Trevor: A shapely young female presumably?

Cecil: Exactly. But in front of the float the town band played, pipers marched behind, and alongside young men on unicycles wobbled along. I was in awe that they could balance on one wheel.

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Voice-over

The Hastings Blossom Festival marks the beginning of spring and the growing season. Of course the floats are the main attraction but some seem to be attracted by the sideshows.