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“Well, come on. Are we going to bowl or not?” asked the mayor.


          One by one the bowlers began throwing the practice balls. Bosco

          Wilson, who had won the tournament for five consecutive years,

          provoked Al saying him a horrible bowler.



          “Okay, let’s bowl!” said the mayor. And so they did.


          The total scores after three

          games would determine

          the overall  champion of

          the tournament.


          Since  Bosco  won  the  first

          tournament  before  five

          years, nobody had even

          finished  a  close  second.

          The tight match made the

          crowd excited.



           It wasn’t  that  the crowd

          was rooting for Al, as much as they were rooting against Bosco.


          As the third and final game was about to begin, Bosco, concerned

          about Al’s strong performance snuck up behind Al and poured

          water on the floor behind him.



          When Al turned around he slipped and fell face-first. In the fall,


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