1 Holy Moly Bumpers passes the ball up the field The wing passes it back to Bumpers He takes the ball on the run and puts it between the defender’s legs Unbelievable The defender loses his shorts Bumpers on the left He sees an open man A perfect looping pass This kid is only in fourth grade but no one can stop him It comes back to Bumpers The goalkeeper comes out Bumpers lets go A huge foot BAM
Goal Goal Goooooaaaaaal The crowd goes wild Bumpers pumps his fist They win the championship Bumpers kicks the ball into the crowd BAM He rips off his shirt and throws it to the fans I’m not supposed to kick the ball against the garage door because once I broke one of those little windows across the top But that was a year ago and I’m a lot better at kicking now Anyway Mom was out grocery shopping and Dad was in the basement Charlie Bumpers ace striker was safe I danced around and pumped my arms in the air celebrating my victory Matt my older brother stuck his head out the back door Hey genius he called You’re not supposed to kick the ball against the garage I’m not hurting anything I said You’re going to get caught he warned and I won’t defend you Thanks I yelled
What a turkey he said then went back inside You’re the turkey I yelled just as my little sister Mabel stepped out onto the back porch My dad calls her Squirt but I call her the Squid It’s funnier I’m not a turkey she said And your shirt is on the roof I looked up and there it was hanging off the edge I kicked the ball again BAM I’m telling the Squid yelled Just then Mom pulled in the driveway I started dribbling the soccer ball between my feet like I hadn’t done anything wrong Charlie’s kicking the ball against the door the Squid shouted as Mom turned off the motor And he’s not wearing his shirt What a traitor I grabbed the rake leaning by the garage door and snagged my shirt off the roof I put it on just as Mom got out of the car Your
