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Morgan’s Pages (continued)

The Comeback (cont.)

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

A few months later I got scouted by Manchester 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 kick. I made a bicycle

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