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Morgan’s Pages
Morgan’s Photo Selection:
JUGGLING BY THE WATER
“I chose my photo because it reminds me of
juggling and I am by the water.”
THE COMEBACK
by Morgan
One day in 1906 a boy named Morgan was sitting on the edge of the have a soccer ball. One day he found a $20 bill. Instead of buying
rock by the ocean. Morgan loved soccer. Sometimes people made
fun of Morgan because he had glasses, and sometimes he felt left
out. The only thing that made him happy was soccer, but he didn’t
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food he bought a soccer ball, because his other one, that his parents
got him, went off the cliff.
My Parents died from falling off the cliff. So I trained and trained,
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The Comeback (cont.)
wanting to become a soccer player. My idol was Pele. Morgan kick. I made a bicycle kick in the net from a cross by my buddy
wanted to be just like Pele. He changed. He trained more and more. River. It went top corner. The time was up, and it was 6-5. Manches-
Morgan was not afraid of anything, except one thing – the cliff his ter United beat Manchester City. I felt so good beating the guy that
parents fell off of. He slept in the house right beside the lighthouse. pushed me off the cliff.
He had a good life. He hunted and harvested food, and he kept on
kicking and kicking his soccer ball. Until one day, a few kids came I was 22 years old, and I played for Canada in the World Cup. So is
to me and called me “four eyes”, making fun of me. And they said the guy that pushed me off the cliff. I asked him what his name was,
no soccer player will ever have glasses. I’m pretty sure they knew but he didn’t answer. It was Canada versus Brazil. I was versing Pele,
I was really good, so they wanted to get rid of the competition. So my biggest fan. “Tweet, tweet,” the whistle blew. The guy that pushed
they pushed me off the cliff. Then a shark was chasing me, so I me off the cliff got the ball. I was open, but he didn’t pass. He shot
swam away from the shark. It bit off one of my toes, but I kept on and he scored. Then Pele got the ball. He beat all of us and scored.
swimming until I got to the end. 1-1. The whistle blew and it was halftime. I asked the guy again what
was his name. He said “My name is William, what’s yours? Nice to
I climbed up the big cliff. Trust me, this is why the story is called meet you again!” Pele did a rainbow and it went in top bin. Oh my
the comeback. I trained even more. I got angry scratches all over God, so good…like so good. There’s only 10 minutes left and it was
my body climbing up that cliff, and one of my toes got bitten off by 2-1. Then out of nowhere, my buddy River scored a goal. It was tied
shark, but that didn’t stop me. I trained and trained and trained. Un- 2-2. One minute left and out of nowhere someone passed the ball
til one day I was 20. I took care of the lighthouse just like my parents to me. Then I was deking like crazy. Then everyone started calling
did, and still played soccer and did everything the same. My 21st my name. Then out of nowhere I shot and I scored, crossbar down.
birthday hit and I applied to go to the University of Victoria. One Canada won their first World Cup. I started to cry.
week later they sent me a letter saying l can go. So I walked there. It
took me a really long time, almost 10 days. I was sweating, but then So the lesson today is don’t give up and give everyone a second
I got there. chance. It doesn’t matter, don’t give up.
A few months later I got scouted. “Bye-bye Vikings, hello Manches-
ter United.” The same guy that pushed me off the cliff was playing
on Manchester City. We fought. It was tied 5-5, but it was our corner
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