Running as fast as my small legs
could carry  , concentrated on the black-and-white
object spinning ahead, and realized that this was mu chance.
This was mu dream come true. had a jump on the
others, and it was all up to ! looked
behind and saw the yellow jerseys and orange shorts
of my teammates, the National Downunder  . They looked like
a swarm of bees, all headed toward the  . saw
the faces of my opponents and could tell that some of them were
running really hard. They wanted the , but it was mine,
ALL MINE!\
ran up to the ball and gave it a trumendous, four-year-old kick.
It scooted farther down the  , and again
sprinted after it. The other players gained on , but
was nearing the  . The confused look on my ies
face told he wasn't ready to make a save. The rooting
section on the sideline was chanting "Kick it! Kick it!
Kick the ball!"
wound up and toed the ball as hard as a four-year-old ever could.
It bounced into the net, passed the scrambling ie.
went wild! had just scored my first real !
ran back to my teammates. Some were cheering and celebrating
with , but most of them had their arms crossed,
with scowls on their faces and annoyed looks in their eyes. THEY
wanted to score that , but had! HA! HA!!
looked to my mom and dad on the sideline. They were laughing
with some other parents. This was just too cool! 'd
scored my first ever - FOR THE OTHER TEAM! |
