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Jack’s Pages (continued)
THE GHOST LEAGUE
by Jack
CHAPTER 1 that it was time to go to bed. So he walked down off into his bed-
room and went to sleep. When he woke up he went to top of the
Wed, November 23, 2099 boat and he could see the lighthouse and the land only about 5
One day there was a boy named Jack. He and his family lived in minutes away from them. He quickly ran into his room and got all
Lisbon, Portugal, with his mom and dad and his dog Hudson. But his stuff together, and by the time he did that the boat was docking
they were now on a boat to Vancouver Island so his dad could get a at the lighthouse. The lighthouse was very big, and he could see a
job at a lighthouse. He loved soccer, but there was nowhere to play small clearing where he could make a soccer field. When it was time
in Sooke. It was all forest there. And he would have to make new to go to bed he had explored all around the area and he thought it
friends to play soccer with, if there were any kids to play soccer was awesome. He still missed his old house, but he liked it here. So
with. He would miss his old soccer team but he was hoping that he he went up the house, brushed his teeth and went to bed.
could make a new soccer team. Five hours later, at 1 in the morning, Jack woke up to a strange
The next day he woke up and he could see that they were almost at noise. He threw the covers off of himself and walked over to where
the lighthouse that they would be living at for the next while. But he he heard the noise. He couldn’t believe his eyes – Mohamed Salah
could see that there was a small clearing the size of a small soccer walked out of his closet! “Hello,” he said. Jack couldn’t believe his
field, with just a few blackberry bushes. But right next to it there was eyes. “I am Mohamed Salah,” he said. “Yeah I know,” Jack said,
a big cliff for the ball to go off or him to fall off, so he was thinking “you’re one of my favorite soccer players in the whole wide world.
of how he could make like a big stadium out of trees and bushes. But…but I thought you were dead! I thought you died a long time
And make seats so people could sit there, and they could make ago.” “Yes, but I’m now a ghost,” he said. “Can I touch you?” he
money off of their soccer games. That’s a plan, but first he would asked. “Yes you can,” he said. But when he touched him, he was ex-
have to find enough friends to play soccer with. pecting his hand to go thought him, but he hit his leg and stopped.
“How are you going to make friends here? I will meet you at mid-
But then he heard his mother screaming and she was telling them night tomorrow,” he said. “OK, see you later.” And Jack went back to
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The Ghost League (cont.)
bed, just thinking of what he just experienced.
CHAPTER 2
Jack woke up with a lot of questions but no answers. He knew he
would have to wait a whole day to know anything, so he went to
find a big rock in the forest to kick his ball against. After a while of
searching, he found one, and started kicking his ball against it. He because they were having Jack’s favorite homemade pizza! His favor-
thought he heard someone talking, but he just kept kicking the ball ite type of pizza was Hawaiian pizza. So he went inside, ate his pizza,
against the rock. But he just kept hearing the voice, so he decided then he went to bed. Well, that was what his parents thought. But
that he would go and see if he could find it. But as he picked up the he was just sitting in bed waiting for Mohamed Salah to come into
ball and he turned around to see a latch in the other big rock. It was his bedroom. It was 12 o’clock and Mohamed Salah still hadn’t come
a little bit camouflaged but he could still see a little handle and a into his bedroom. Half an hour later he still hadn’t come, so Jack
few wood planks that looked pretty old with a few cracks on a few decided to go to bed and try to think of what to do in the morning.
of them. And it was just big enough to fit a person in. But when he At about three in the morning he heard something in his closet and
walked closer the talking got louder and louder. But when he was then Mohamed Salah came out of his closet and woke him up and
about two feet away the talking stopped and he could hear nothing
but the chirping of the birds in the trees. said to wear a red or white shirt. He decided to wear a red shirt, be-
cause that was his favorite team, Liverpool’s jersey colour. Mohamed
So he decided to go back to the light house and try to finish the Salah came back into his room after Jack had changed and said “Fol-
soccer field that he wanted to make. When he got back he went to low me.” They went downstairs to the bottom of the lighthouse and
their shed to get their machete so he could start clearing the black- they went to the rock that he was kicking the soccer ball against the
berry bushes. After he was done that, he went into the forest trying other day. The latch that he saw was there sure enough. They got up
to find some logs to make two goals. While he was doing this he was into the rock and Mohamed Salah opened the latch and a big light
thinking about tonight at 12 when he was going to be seeing Mo- shone through into the night sky. And when Jack looked inside, he
hamed Salah in the forest. After about three hours of searching he saw a big soccer field the perfect size for his age. He climbed in and
finally found six logs to use as the goal posts. it was a soccer paradise.
By the time he was done that, it was time for dinner. He was excited The end
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