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The Proof · Question 18 of 26

Which one is your old bike?

Over the years you've replaced every part of your bike — wheels, seat, chain, frame, all of it. Your cousin Leo kept every old part and built them back into a bike. The street race has a prize for the oldest bike, and only one of them can enter as yours.

What earns a point in this world: Asks where a claim came from, or says “I'm not sure yet”.

The one I ride!

Reasons a child might give

  • I rode it every single day while it changed. It never stopped being mine.
  • Nobody's bike stops being theirs because they fixed a puncture.
  • Leo's bike is a pile of parts I threw away.

The one with the old parts!

Reasons a child might give

  • Every bit of the original is in Leo's bike. Not one bit is in mine.
  • If you swap everything, you've built a new bike and kept the name.
  • The prize is for the oldest bike. Mine has nothing old left on it.

Debate this one against an opponent that argues back.

Your child picks a side. Quill takes the other and answers what they actually said, in words a seven-year-old can read. A room of 20 moves only for a reason — and the idea behind the story is named at the end, once the debate is over. Ages 5–12.

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