Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for November 03, 2012
November 02, 2012
November 04, 2012
Transcript:
Don't take it so hard, Nate. How can I not take it hard? They didn't even beat us fair and square! They won on an illegal goal! Yes, but that's not why we lost. Why do you think we lost? Because our offense stunk. ...Or, because we didn't play as a team. Yeah, whatever. But we agree that it wasn't my fault, right?
My football team had their game today. As a sucky goalie, I did my favourite thing. Skip around the goal post singing Barbie Girl. But as soon as I heard the sound of my father’s disappointed voice yell, “James! Focus! The ball’s coming!”, I stopped twirling around. I stopped singing Barbie Girl. And I actually saved the ball. I didn’t do any dives up or down to snag the ball. Let’s just say I have a strong gut.
Then because I saved the ball and my team won, I got to keep the ball. I played it with my dad at the forest area. Well, not a real forest, but an area with so many trees but not enough to make a proper one. The ball went far away. Dad and I went to find it. We couldn’t find it. We had lost our football, and our courage. It was getting darker. Darkness covering us like a cloak. Suddenly, a snake came. Hissing at us, it’s beady eyes twinkling in the darkness.
END OF MY SHORT STORY! THOUGHT IT WAS REAL? HAHA! WHAT DO YA THINK? BY JAMES. EDITTED/SPELL-CHECKED BY JAMES’ MUM