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Once upon a time there was a kid 

named John Sleepy. John lived 

with his parents and one sister. 

John loved his family no matter 

what. He also loved playing 

soccer. 

Most of his friends played soccer 

and he wanted to play too. All his 

friends called him by his last name 

Sleepy. Every chance he got he 

wanted to watch soccer on tv or go 

outside and play soccer with his 

friends. 

One Saturday Sleepy saw 

where their were gonna be 

sign-ups to register to play 

soccer for the city league. He 

begged his mom and dad to 

sign him up. They finally said 

they would do it. 

Sleepy knew it was gonna be 

hard work because most kids 

have played since they were 

like 4 years old. If Sleepy 

wanted to play and get a 

starting position he had to train 

really hard. 

After sign-ups that Saturday 

Sleepy went and got him so 

real Adidas cleats, shin guards, 

and a soccer ball. Sleepy got 

Adidas cleats because his 

favorite soccer player Lionel 

Messi wears adidas. 

Sleepy got some of his friends 

in his neighborhood to help him 

get a little better. Sleepy 

worked really hard. He had a 

friend that was a senior that 

helped him and worked out 

with. 

Sleepy got the phone call to tell 

him whose team he was on. He 

found out the next day that 

most of his friends were on that 

team. Sleepy went to the first 

practice that Thursday. He 

wasn't as good as everybody 

else. 

Sleepy tried his hardest though 

he knew he wasn't the best. Even 

know he wasn't very good, when 

they did wind sprints he was right 

their with the fastest dude on the 

team. He was kinda muscular so 

the coach said we would try him 

out at defense. 

The next practice on that 

Sunday afternoon they did wind 

sprints, defense drills, offense 

drills, and at the end they had a 

scrimmage. Sleepy was one of 

the defenders. He played right 

outside defender. 

One of the players on the other 

team was dribbling down the 

field and Sleepy came out of 

know where and took the ball 

right off his feet. He could boot 

the ball down the field. They 

would call him sometimes iron 

feet.  

Sleepy's team would go on to 

win the scrimmage. Monday all 

of his friends were talking about 

if he kept working hard he could 

try-out for the school team next 

year. That Thursday instead of 

having practice they had a real 

game against North West 

Rankin.  

That game he started out at 

defense. One of their players 

came down the field and Sleepy 

was defending him. The coach 

told one of the other defenders go 

help him Sleepy, but before he 

knew it Sleepy had the ball going 

the other way. He passed it to the 

forward and they scored. 

The score was 1-0 they went on 

winning 4-0. They had a 

tournament the next weekend. 

Sleepy worked really hard the 

next practices. He worked out 

and trained. Finally arrived the 

tournament. There were teams 

from all over Mississippi their. 

Sleepy was kinda getting nervous, 

but not really. Their first game was 

at 9:00. Your about to find out 

why they called him Sleepy. Every 

Morning Sleepy has kinda of bags 

under his eyes because he is tired. 

It was 8:00 he had to get ready in 

like 15 minutes. He had to be at 

the field 8:30. 

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