The Winter of 2014 1 A not-so-patient-husband and a nice-patient-wife lived in a mansion. They had two cars, a Kia Sportage and Toyota Sienna. The husband’s name was Ben and the wife’s name was Rose. The wife had to go to the store for food, even though Outside was so, so, so snowy. There was ten feet of snow! The snow buried the driveway, mailbox, garden and the trees. Rose took the Kia Sportage four-wheel drive because it maneuvered better in the snow. When Rose left to the store, she got in the Kia, turned it on, and put the car on reverse. As she pressed on the gas, the car kept slipping. The car made noises like vroom-vroom. The tires spun and spat, but still kept going. There were small mountains of snow from the tires left behind on the grass. Twenty minutes later, Ben had to go to an important meeting for work. It was an unexpected meeting. He tried to leave with the Toyota. Ben turned the key in the ignition, put the car in reverse, and pressed on the gas. The car slipped. He didn’t want to get stuck, but there was ice in the garage that the car was sliding on. As it slid, it almost hit the grill. It was so close. Getting out, the dad got furiously kicked the car hard BANG-BANG. Ben called Blue Cab Company and five blue taxis were sent. In front of the house, they tried and tried to move, but their tires were spinning and spitting in the snow. All the cabs got stuck. Ben got so mad and shouted so loud, “WHY? WHY CAN’T I GO TO MY IMPORTANT MEETING!” He called the Red Cab Company and said, “Bring ten red taxicabs; I am getting mad, so hurry.” Soon the dad saw ten red taxies slipping and spitting on the road, then all of them got stuck. The driveway and the road to the house were beginning to look like a parking lot. The dad said, “WHY DO I HAVE SUCH BAD LUCK!” The Winter of 2014 2 He was so mad he called the Green Cab Company and shouted, “Bring twenty green cab taxies before I blow up fast”. The dad saw twenty green taxies arrive at the entrance to his street. They were slipping and spitting. After five minutes all the green cars got stuck. The dad saw so many cars so he called a huge tow truck that could carry thirty-five cars. Meanwhile, Rose returned with the Kia just in time to see the tow truck with thirty-five disabled taxis. She drove the Kia into the garage and asked Ben why there was a big tow truck with thirty-five taxis in all the colors of the rainbow. The dad said, “I called the Green Cab Company and Red and Blue. They all got stuck, so I called the tow truck.” The dad got his coffee and said goodbye and took the Kia. He was slipping, but still going. Finally he got to work, but almost got fired. Later on Ben and Rose sold their silver Toyota and bought a Honda Element in black and green. They kept their black Kia. Because the Element is all wheel drive, it is better in the snow. Now Ben and Rose can both leave with their cars when there is a lot of snow and no one will get stuck.