Perseverance

‘Dad?’
‘Yes, dear?’
‘What time do you have to start work?’
‘I’m flexible, what is it you want?’
‘I want to go to school on my rollerskates and you to walk beside me so you can catch me if I fall...’
‘Ok, but you know it is almost 1.6km to school and you’ve had the skates for only a week?’
‘Yes, I know, please?’

Better not say no to initiative, so there we went.