Calum's New Boots by Danny Scott

Author:Danny Scott [Danny Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782502739
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 2016-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

9

Brandon Shows His Teeth

“Ice cream tastes even sweeter after a victory!”

Erika and Calum laughed as Leo held his massive three-scoop ice cream above his head like a trophy. They were watching Castle Rock’s boys’ team take on Burvie, the team Caleytown had just defeated.

Castle Rock had already beaten Caleytown’s next opponents, Minch, and Mr McKlop admitted that Brandon Cramond had injured their star player.

Calum watched Cramond prowling about the pitch. Leo’s leopard comment was spot on. “Does Brandon Cramond even have a weakness?” Calum asked, as impressed as he was irritated by Cramond’s abilities.

Erika nodded and stared off into the distance. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

Calum and Leo just stared at her blankly.

“Michael Jordan said that,” she told them.

Leo and Calum continued to stare blankly.

“Michael Jordan, you dorks,” Erika repeated. “One of the greatest basketball players of all time? What… nothing?” She looked from Calum to Leo for any sign that they knew who she was talking about, and sighed. “What I’m saying is Brandon’s a great player but his teammates aren’t all that. Plus, they’re all scared of him. Watch…”

Calum watched. Erika was right. Every time a Castle Rock player got the ball they looked for Brandon straight away. They would panic and pass it to him even when it wasn’t the best option. Then, whenever their passes didn’t reach him, they looked like Calum’s dog Leighton when he knew he’d done something bad.

“I see what you mean,” Leo said, scoffing the end of his ice-cream cone. “Mind you, I’d pass to him too. He is very, very good at football.”

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