1 Goals and Dreams The sun beat down on his head Sweat stung his eyes The crowd roared so loud he couldn’t hear himself think The only thing between him and true glory was a giant octopus standing in front of the goal The octopus’s tentacles were waving everywhere Where could he shoot Finally Luis focused on the ball and kicked with all his might The crowd roared Then all he heard was Boo and laughter He squinted at the goal The octopus had caught his ball with one quick swipe NO The Mighty Sharks lost the championships 7
Luis sat straight up in bed His hair was sticking up and his sheets were twisted all around him Thank goodness It was just a bad dream He jumped up and grabbed (cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:82)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:77)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:92)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:82)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:191)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:92)(cid:3) of soccer camp He couldn’t wait to get out there and show off his amazing soccer skills 8
2 It’s Not as Easy as You Think Luis always wanted to play on a soccer (cid:87)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:76)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:191)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:75)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:83)(cid:3) this year They were always too busy at work to remember in time But his mom put it on her calendar and his dad did too just to be sure Now he was on a team called the Mighty Sharks To Luis the team name sounded like they would be winners He was sure they would be with him on it Luis knew he would be great on the (cid:191)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:17)(cid:3)(cid:43)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:90)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:82)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:3)(cid:55)(cid:57)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:71)(cid:3) as much as he could about the sport He practiced kicking the ball in the backyard and daydreamed about it in school instead of doing his math 9
