![]() Although Ralph's mother worries that he is in contact with humans, Keith shows Ralph how to start the motorcycle-make an engine-like noise-and lets Ralph ride it during the nighttime. Keith discovers his missing motorcycle in the wastebasket. Startled by a telephone ring, both Ralph and the motorcycle fall into a metal wastebasket. Keith leaves a toy motorcycle on his bedside table, While Keith is away, Ralph attempts to ride it, but cannot figure out how to start it. One day a boy named Keith Gridley and his family visit the hotel on their way through California. Ralph longs for a life of danger and speed, wishing to get away from his relatives, who worry about the mice colony being discovered. ![]() Ralph is a mouse who lives in the run-down Mountain View Inn, a battered resort hotel in the Sierra Nevada of California. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary ![]()
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