© Ayr/Gray
The two boys were playing football in the park. It was Sunday afternoon, and very sunny.
‘This is fun, isn’t it?
‘Very much so,’ as he dived and stopped the ball.
‘Shall we ask some of the other boys here in this park?’
‘Good idea, and I would like to be in goal.’
‘Fine. You’re pretty good, aren’t you?’
‘Aww, thanks,’ as he grinned.
A few minutes later, several boys appeared.
‘Now we have enough players to have a good game,’ as they decided who would do what.
It had been great at the start but then there was a problem, since the ball went too far and too high. It glided over to someone’s back garden.
They looked at each other. ‘What are we going to do now?’
Several of them peered over the high wall.
‘Hmm. Not easy, but doable, don’t you think?’
‘Well, it is my ball. I shall try.’
‘Both of us will do it.’
Then a couple of other boys helped them up.
Soon they were both sitting astride.
‘Okay, we can do this. Yes?’
‘Of course we can.’
So they jumped down. Grabbed the ball, and hurled it back to the park.
They could also get back themselves, since a handy shed was close enough to jump from that to the wall.
They managed to get away with that before anyone saw it.
It seemed that everyone else was watching the telly – either Wimbledon or Tour de France.
‘Shall we continue the game then?’
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Posted for The Unicorn Challenge, a magical challenge hosted by Jenne Gray and C E Ayr, where they provide a photo and we, in turn, provide up to 250 words.
luna's on line 
Lucky for them that no one caught them.
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Absolutely… who knows what might have happened!
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Yep. 👍🏼
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The great escape, …. and I bet people were watching Wimbledon just like me, …🎾
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Perfect timing – everyone would be watching the box at that time!
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For those boys, secondhand TV watching came in handy!
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Very much so!
Thanks, Dave.
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I think it’s kind of a shame they should have to worry about getting caught! But it’s always more fun if you think you’re getting away with something….
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Very true, Violet – it’s probably fine for one of the adults to let the boys into the back garden and get the football from there!
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but this you know
even so
what you call football
we call soccer
your billy
a rose
by any other name
doth smelleth sweet!
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Indeed, it’s called soccer, and it’s fine in that back yard and also smelling those lovely roses there!
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Brilliant. Our friend was always having balls turn up in her garden from the school next door. No-one ever came to claim them, and the fence was too high and distant for her to throw them back. Maya too a fancy to a bright yellow one, and played with it for months……… once she’d popped it of course.!
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Oh yes, I know those problems about balls and other gardens and stuff. Glad that Maya enjoyed one of those pretty balls.
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She loved it! We had to take it away because the edges turned sharp and could have cut her mouth. The replacement was not the same!!
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Ah, the perennial ball-over-the-neighbors’-fence problem! (At least it didn’t go through a window.)
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Yep. We all know about those things… bounce, bounce….
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We can reach our goal whenever we are motivated; simply desire it and take action! 😉👍🎯
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It seems that they did – and good for them, those two boys… oh, another goal just gone in! Yay!! 😉😊
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I love these two boys you write about.I enjoy how they get into – and out of – scrapes.I suspect you of mischief in your childhood. 😉
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Thanks, Jenne! Pleased about that, and yes, I rather like those two. Mischief from me??? (not saying).
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Ah, the life of kids playing soccer. At least they are outside, off their computers. A nice slice of life, Chris!
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Thanks for that, Brenda! – and yes, I like to keep the two boys busy outside.
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Anything is possible…when you work together as a team. Thumbs up for the boys!
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Absolutely! Almost everything is possible for those two. 😊😉
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I admit I climbed a few walls back in the day, Chris, all part of being a boy!
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But of course… who wouldn’t (back then)!
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I would like to think that some folks would be kind and understanding and just help toss the ball back if they saw it. But being that everone was distracted… 😉
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Yes, I do think most people will throw balls back… at least I hope so!
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