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Tennis Tournament
T here was once a boy named John that always wanted to be

naughty. He shouted at most of the kids. He thinks that he is
the most intelligent and the handsomest boy in school; besides,
he is a tattletale and do not forget that he never listens to the
teachers. He always wants to be first and he is disrespectful. He never
wants to lose, and always gossips and jokes around. One of the sports he
really likes is tennis, so he entered the tennis competition. It would take
place on Saturday, 9 o’clock in the morning.
On Saturday, John packed his things and was joking around playing
with his friend Sanchez. When Manuel came, John acted like Manuel was
his BFF. Manuel just ran away as if John was a weirdo. Even though John
looked confident, deep inside he was not; he was terrified. To disguise
his fear, he says that he is eight years old, so that is why John cannot beat
Manuel. What a life!
John was competing, but thinking:
Will I ever beat him, or will he beat me?
He was winning, but he was afraid of Manuel. Manuel was the smartest
and the best at tennis in the school. He defeated all the Mexicans in tennis.
He made a book of Poetry. How could he win over this? But John gained
confidence, because there were more people cheering for John than for
Manuel. That was until he saw five more people cheering for Manuel.
John beat Sanchez, his friend. It was easy because Sanchez knew
very little about tennis. He and his mum always said Sanchez was good
at tennis.
They were lying, but what could people do? Will they say to themselves,
‘You are such a liar!’; but if people say that, then they will give you an evil
look.
He ended up in the finals. John was really worried. He acted as if he
was confident, but when Manuel defeated him in all of the games, he did
not cry, he just went to his mommy and said cried, “Mommy!”
From that day on, everyone gossiped about John.

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