Smart Sindara and the Day the Wheels Wouldn’t Listen

Smart Sindara and the Day the Wheels Wouldn’t Listen

The first time Smart Sindara put on skates, she noticed how quiet the play ground suddenly became.

Not because it was actually quiet — kids were laughing, dogs were barking, music was playing — but because all she could hear was her own heart.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

She looked down at the shiny wheels strapped to her feet.

“I don’t think they like me,” she whispered.

Brave Buchi grinned. “They don’t know you yet.”

Sindara pushed forward.

For half a second, she felt like she was flying.

Then her feet slid in opposite directions.

WHAM.

She landed on the floor.

The sky blinked above her.

“I knew it,” she muttered. “They hate me.”

Some kids skated past easily, smooth and confident. Sindara watched them from the ground, feeling something new and uncomfortable in her chest.

Doubt.

She stood up.

Tried again.

This time she went three steps.

WHAM.

Down again.

Her knees stung. Her pride stung worse.

Maybe she just wasn’t a skating girl.

She sat on the bench, pulling at the laces. For the first time in a long time, Smart Sindara didn’t feel very smart at all.

Then she noticed someone else.

A small girl , Uju stood nearby, holding her own skates, not wearing them. She had tied and untied the laces so many times they looked like curly noodles.

“You’re not skating either?” Sindara asked softly.

The girl shook her head. “I’m scared I’ll fall.”

Sindara smiled a little sadly. “Me too.”

They sat together, watching the skaters glide past.

Then Sindara took a deep breath.

“What if falling is just how skates say hello?” she said.

The girl giggled.

Sindara stood up.

Her legs wobbled.

“I’m going to try again,” she said. “Not because I’m good at it. But because I want to be.”

She pushed off slowly.
One shaky roll.
Two.
Three.

She almost fell — but caught herself.

Her face lit up.

She rolled a little farther.

Still wobbling. Still awkward.

Still going.

She turned back to Aisha. “Look! I didn’t quit!”

The girl’s eyes shone.

Together, they laced up.

They fell.
They laughed.
They held hands and stood up.

Soon, two wobbly skaters were rolling through the park — not perfect, but proud.

And Smart Sindara realized something:

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do isn’t to be fearless…

It’s to fall — and get up — where someone else can see you.

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