"Daddy, I don't understand!"

The boy cries.

"I just want to be like everyone else.

I'm quite as big and I'm nearly five.

Now please take the training wheels off of my bike!"

"Son," his father gently replies,

"You know I'd give you the world if I could.

You are strong and you're smart,

And I know you'll go far.

But please just trust me on this."

"But Daddy, it just isn't fair!

If everyone else can, why not me?

If you really loved me, you'd give me my way.

Would you take the training wheels off of my bike?"

"My child, I know this is hard.

But I'm asking you to hear me out.

You want to be like everyone else, but you aren't ready yet.

Please, just trust me on this."

"What do you mean I'm not ready?

How do you know this is true?

You know I'm as able as any other kid.

Just take the training wheels off of my bike!"

"I know you think you could do it.

But as your father, I'm telling you to wait.

I know you don't understand it yet,

But someday soon you will come to see.

Soon, very soon, I will take the training wheels off of your bike."