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T:':'le ahr:L:.J.. ':t;la:::F.: of' ~.ne ;vt:i8''...e lr..aX'kl'::d the 'beginnh:g of a period of sru>:pense, d1a.Tit.."i snd tt...fl,. Ie5. t.r.e grec;.t .soc.c~r game of the ;rear ~rc.:s beg:t.nnin~·-~·c.te :3eniol:" :do:y~ ·rr~r:sus t.he l'l.ien 9~ tact.\lty.
But ·waH.; What1 '5- thil.'! nra.nd.r~g gaily onto the: f'hld?
A't'e they men from Mars~-~"The ~~·~y~:n IJwa.1i!!:t Oh, itr.e the Menfts fa.c·.;.ltyo 1~cat an dl""l"~Y' c.i outfits,, Ranging in d:r-es~ from a neat !'1\':.l:l..t to pt.d~cr.ed blue j~an~;, di~n...Jtrel.led tea:::her~ :ran enthu!iastically ·to th~ir podtions~
Meanw·ni1e~ the 'boys had ca:lmly t.ak.e1'1 t.he;!r positicns and were patiently ~ait.ing for the men 'teacher:!!' tc get vX'gani~ed.
A.fter the whi~t1~~ he.d blo~c: tot" ¥.'be tent:-~ time, "he
gr3.me finally got under~'.;'&;r. 1'!'..e te<ar.h~:rs pr-ovided t.l)e first on~la.ught with HA.llp Kin;!!> ~:r and EY.'-t.::m:n s'to.r-l1"tng. Howe:ver, the 'boye held them of.ro
·confident new, tb~ teacher~ urepa:r-t:d to:r anot.her- attack by stoop~.ng oyer ai'ld u·aiting fol"' t.b.e goal .!dck.,
Thing~ c:b&nged th:i.~ time. and the hoy·~ ,!'Jn~\l."ed t:h~ ball and whizzed pat!lt the t.eac:herll!t lea"'rulg t.h~ fo~<:n"d l:'L1ill W"'ld~= mou.'U1.sd <+lnd weio'l\k=kl1rt!H!:d, The teacl-,~r~, ~olid b.cH::k=fi\o!i'la9 hO'~t.'lver~ V'.!.liantly a.nd cour-ageoul!tly t~c.ed '\#he a.U.a(':k~lf~, Niede!"~ Nrell a:t~d V~'J' tried to .bold theill" g:r-ound bil't. V~Yere un-=
succes:;ful. On went• .'L-he boy3" 'l'hi$ t:tme the;r were met by Ute tmflinching figur'!!~ '\1iit .Bt.'H''t and Phen~.
After a t.r'~:mendou~S ·~a.ttl.(>; 'f,he air-. cli!,Ure.di <l!Yld 'ltFl!.i!~ 't.~y~S
ecmtini.t~& d<.11lrn t~~ :t:1!~dl.tio N'a.w ~.:il:. ~~ie\15 ~>~; th-5 goalie aQ,ainflt
tt.e onslaught of' fi.·v·~ forw·a:."'a~. ('r:.:~~.)~"'t·,_:-;_a":~l;y ·-~-:-~e of the
fc.r:l'W'a!"dS :mi:!lsed ~ p~~~~ U~ C!l.l'l\~ ctasr:ii"tg ou'~9 e~iMd the ball
and gant~ it a go'!~ ~olld ~dl.~kv "'1-.e 'U':!'.~:i·?n was ·:';\'e!"~ The game
cont1!1ued and. f:?.'orn. t.he ~ld..,~Ji.irle\'l, coune 'th~ ~xclt~d cn.ee:!"ing
of the teacher-!l'j c-.h~~x<leacter;!J~ ZIM.rlp Ran ai.ltl PD.ll wto~ unaware
oi. -wo.yvar-dr glar.c.e8, w~:t1ed !J::-It:o:":•ti'.sic.~'r.i..ca.D:~· im· the teachers• .,; &: ~
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Th-e ~h··a)Lz-•! conttrmsa, rr.o~~n'tin~:· a._ ·:.t:.~ gam~ p:l~og1."'t'JS6~®o
l-!owt>·wer~ !!Uf'~cl~il!. vf m:i;..~ac:::..ee.9 ·~t~~ :"ec!.:h-e:r-~ itk.;.nagl"!!d to hold the beys 'bat:.ko '
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~~h~n the f:inal '!il'histle ble~~ t.h~· gailt<!> ~tood at a scor--eless
tie., T'ne boy~ t;;pgc·.inte4 o.ft i:b.e .!'!.itl d _a.:.gt-d.l·~g and. ta.lld.ng~» while tne t.ea.c:he~~~ pampet>ing ~~.J..l1!1tJd l~rg-t> 9.t~d_bz-·1-~~a;e\! h'21diei59 hobbled an1 gru.mbl~d ott the f:i~ld~ A f~r<Y ~.;.mpat'het;ic ~t\~d~nt~ rt<.shed ou.,.J >d t.h ~t:r~t.c:ter-;,;,. There end~d q, perriod ~r ~'li.~pen~e, dr-ama
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