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Once upon a time there was a girl named 

Samantha Cortes, but her friends called her 

Sammie.   Her dream was to be a famous and 

professional soccer player. But her mom refused 

to let her be a soccer player. She wanted her to 

be a doctor, like a regular decent girl.

Sammie refused to give up on her dream and 

wanted to join a soccer club, but she had to pay 

to join. She didn't want to disappoint her mom so 

she got a job as a dog walker while she was out 

of school.

Sammie told her mom about the job and she 

agreed. Her mom did not tell Sammie that it was 

only to keep her away from soccer. Sammie 

finally got enough money and secretly joined the 

club.   While Sammie was at soccer practice her 

mom thought she was walking dogs.

Sammie knew that it was really bad for her to keep 

something from her mom but she really loved soccer.   Her 

soccer coach said she was an excellent soccer player. The 

team started having games and they won most of their 

games.

One day Sammie's soccer coach told her team that they 

were going to face one of the best teams so they had to 

train harder and longer.

That was a big problem with Sammie because she had to 

keep the secret from her mom. She thought about it over 

night, and she decided to tell her mom the truth.

When her mom found out Sammie was lying she was 

very disappointed in her, but she understood and wasn't 

mad. Sammie was very happy about that because she 

would no longer have to keep the secret from her mom. 

Sammie and her team trained harder and longer each 

day, but the difference was that Sammie's mom was at 

each practice. 

Finally, the day of the big game came. Their coach hadn't 

told the team that she invited a very important soccer 

coach to watch the game. Sammie and her team played 

very hard but lost 4-3. The famous soccer coach was very 

impressed by how the team had played, and gave them 

all spots on his team. Sammie was so happy. Even 

though she went through a lot she was happy that she 

had not given up on her dream.

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