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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Ashley Fiolek read by Kealia Ohai

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.57K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Once upon a time, there was a girl who became a motocross champion. Her name was Ashley Fiolek. While growing up, Ashley’s parents knew their daughter loved motorcycles but did not know why she would not speak. It turned out that Ashley was completely deaf! So, the whole family learned sign language and, when she was old enough, traveled around with Ashley to her motocross competitions. Though Ashley couldn’t hear the rumble of her bike, she could feel the vibrations of the engine as if the machinery were a part of her. Ashley risked scrapes, broken bones, and worse—proving her determination and drive to make it to the finish line. [This episode originally aired April 2019.] About the Narrator: Kealia Mae Ohai is an American soccer player. She captains the Houston Dash and has appeared with the United States women's national soccer team. Prior to her professional career, she was a member of the University of North Carolina’s 2012 NCAA championship-winning team and scored the single winning goal in the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Final. Credits: This episode of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls is produced by Elena Favilli, Joy Fowlkes, and Meg Murnane, with writing by Corinne Purtill and narration by Kealia Mae Ohai. Jestine Ware edited all scripts and Janice Weaver fact-checked all scripts. Sound design and original theme music by Elettra Bargiacchi. Mattia Marcelli was the sound mixer. Special thanks to Clio McClure who coordinated all credit recordings and narrator donations.

Transcript

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Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved motorcycles.

0:05.0

Her name was Ashley.

0:08.0

On weekends, Ashley rode on the gas tank of her father's motor bike

0:16.5

Bumping down the winding dirt roads snaking through the woods of Michigan.

0:23.4

She loved the feel of the bike's warmth and power.

0:27.1

The rush of the wind whipping past her face, the way the light sparkled through the trees as she and her father sped together down the trail.

0:37.0

Every weekend, rain, snow, or shine, Ashley and her parents drove three hours from their home in Dearborn Heights,

0:48.0

to the forest where her grandfather had a little cabin overlooking a dirt motorcycle track.

0:56.4

When Ashley was just three and a half,

0:58.6

she got a bike of her very own,

1:01.0

complete with training wheels.

1:04.2

For hours she rode around and around the little dirt track tumbling off every few minutes, scrambling

1:10.6

back on as soon as she could.

1:13.4

By the time Ashley was five, the dirt track had lost its appeal,

1:18.0

and she wanted to get out in the woods where the real fun was.

1:22.0

She wasn't sitting on her dad's bike anymore.

1:24.5

She was on her own.

1:28.5

From the outside, what people saw was a girl riding her bike.

1:32.9

What they didn't know was the bike was speaking

1:36.2

to Ashley in a language only she could understand.

1:40.4

She felt the bike's vibrations in her hands, her legs, her toes, but the roar of the engine,

1:54.0

she could not hear it. I'm Kalea Ohai and this is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, a fairy tale

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