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TITLE (EDIT)
Lanky Joe
DESCRIPTION
lanky joe too tall to win at sports at school. finds he's good at basketball. hero of the school.
[164 words]
TITLE KEYWORD
Fantasy
AUTHOR
Garry Michael Ames
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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[November 2007]
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
garryames58@hotmail.com
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (6)
Chirpy Bird (Short Stories) chirpy bird wakes up animals and creatures in the woods. chirpy bird dies. six baby chirpy birds take over [145 words] [Fantasy]
Cloey The Clown (Short Stories) nobody laughs at cloey the clown. something goes wrong with his act and everybody laughs [171 words] [Fantasy]
Poor Little Kitty Came Home (Short Stories) kitty the kitten gets lost in the rain. young lucy finds her and takes her home [341 words] [Fantasy]
The Little Tin Hut (Short Stories) wicked witch of the forest trys to do folly to family living in a little tin hut . [408 words] [Fantasy]
The Lonely Donkey (Short Stories) baby donkey born colour of pink. none of other donkeys like him. lion chases other donkeys. runs away from pink donkey. other donkeys like lonely donkey. [176 words] [Fantasy]
Woody Pigeon (Short Stories) woody pigeon gets lost. he falls off the signpost that turns out to be his home direction. [142 words] [Fantasy]
Lanky Joe
Garry Michael Ames

lanky joe was very tall. he had very very long legs. at school he was always last at sports. one saturday afternoon he was watching sports on television at home. the basketball came on. lanky joe had an idea. the next monday he went to school as usual. he found his sports teacher, mister teal. he told him about his idea. "yes i think we can do that joe", said mister teal. friday came. it was the final of the local schools basketball. out came the two teams and out came lanky joe. the game began. lanky joe ran straight to the other team's net and just stood under it. the ball was passed to lanky joe. he simply reached up and popped the ball into the net. everytime the ball was passed to him he simply popped it into the net. lanky joe's school won easily. everybody cheered and clapped lanky joe. he was the hero of the school. everybody loved lanky joe.

 

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STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
November 2007
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