Object: a bike or a picture of one

Good evening, boys and girls. We think of Good Friday as a sad day sometimes. But tonight I want to talk about why it's a happy day, too. But first I'd like to talk about this bike (or picture of one.) How many of you have a bike? (Wait for show of hands.) Riding a bike can be very hard at first. Once there was a little girl. She was six years old. She had a new purple bike with silver sparkles. She wanted to ride it all by herself. So she got on and her dad held the back of the bike. He let go and she was riding all by herself. She looked back at her dad to say, "Look, Dad!" When she looked back she lost her balance. Guess what happened next? (Let them respond.) She didn't fall down. Acr…