Practice writting 2 with idioms

Once upon a time, In a small village, there lived a young man around 14 years old, His name is Yen. He just got a handmade wooden bicycle from his father, so he broke that bicycle in. There were only few people that had wooden bicycles. Yen was lucky to be one of them. It was because his father was mechanic and artist as well, someone with a great creativity.

One day, Yen was riding his wooden bicycle in a forest out of his village. He really liked to enjoy green nature. While he was riding, he looked at the blue bird, and “booom”. A little girl got bumped by him, a basket flipped on the floor, apples, oranges, and soursop  are scattered. It was all because Yen didn’t pay attention while riding. Looking at the situation, a little girl alone, no one watching, and He tried to be Innocent and be the one who got angry.

“Hey little girl, look, my bicycle is broken, it was all your fault!!”

Hearing Yen’s complain, the little girl got surprised and cried, “You are barking up the wrong tree, it was your fault. You didn’t pay attention on your way, and now my fruits are dirty, some are lost, some are not edible anymore. You have to take the responsibility!”

 “Get over with it! Once more time I will tell you, this is not my fault!” , then Yen left that little girl behind.

At the night in the same day, Yen burned the midnight oil fixing his wooden bicycle, and with no result. It had been hours until the dusk came, he was still trying to fix it. Yen’s father just woke up, and got surprised finding Yen was still working in garage.

“Hang in there, I will help.” He said to Yen while looking for suitable tools.

“Thanks dad, sorry that I can’t cut the mustard ” Yen answered.

“That is fine, things need process. May be it is better for you to put your tools down, and take a rest. You haven’t sleep yet, have you?” My father asked.

“Thanks dad.” Yen answered and went to sleep.

At the middle of the day, Yen woke up. He still felt sleepy but decided to walk down the stairs, and he saw his father was waving at him. Yen approached his father and sit near him.

“What happened to your bike yesterday?” His father asked.

“Ugh, To make the long story short, I bump to a girl.” Yen seemed unwilling  to talk about it, “and nothing serious happened.”

“I see.” His father answered, and continued, “ Yen, I am going to shop around for some tools in the village market, so you stay home, ok?”

“Yes dad.” Yen answered.

The conversation ended, Yen was thinking if his father didn’t help him to fix his wooden bicycle, it might take the whole nine yards to finish.

Here are the idioms provided by a friend,

1. break something in 

wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new 

I need to break these shoes in before we run next week. 

2. Barking up the wrong tree

Looking in the wrong place. Accusing the wrong person

3. get over something 

recover from an illness, loss, difficulty 

I just got over the flu and now my sister has it. 

4. Burn the midnight oil

To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting.

5. hang in 

stay positive (N.Amer., informal) 

Hang in there. I'm sure you'll find a job very soon. 

6. Cut the mustard [possibly derived from "cut the muster"]

To succeed; to come up to expectations; adequate enough to compete or participate

7. put something down 

put what you are holding on a surface or floor 

You can put the groceries down on the kitchen counter. 

8. Make a long story short 

Come to the point - leave out details

shop around 

compare prices. I want to shop around a little before I decide on these boots. 

9. Whole nine yards 

Everything. All of it.