"The Road to the Churchyard" (German: Der Weg zum Friedhof) is a short story by Thomas Mann.

The recurrent protest present here in a comic vein, as well as in many other Mann's works, is against ignorant vitality epitomized here as the young boy on the bicycle.

[3] The short story begins with a description of the gravel paved road to the churchyard, as well as of the half-paved highway running parallel to it.

Next, a young boy on a bicycle passes him, but stops when Lobgott threatens with a formal complaint to the city government, because he is riding a bike on the church road where that isn't permitted.

When the boy drives off, Lobgott proceeds to yell, curse, and scream uncontrollably for riding a bike on the path to the cemetery.