Surprises According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

Author:Betty G. Birney [Birney, Betty G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101653692
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2008-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

The next afternoon, A.J. talked Garth into coming outside. “We’ll just toss the ball around,” he said.

“I won’t be good,” Garth warned him.

“Maybe not, but you’ll get better than you are now,” A.J. said. “Just like the guitar. Or the hamster ball.”

I was happy they left me in the house. Although I had a new technique, I wasn’t anxious to come nose to nose with Sweetums again. She might still be looking for dessert.

Even though I was inside, I could still hear Garth and A.J. laughing and shouting in the yard.

“Nice catch,” A.J. said once. “Way to go!”

I spun on my wheel with pure joy. Even without a Plan, I’d managed to help my friends. That was the best trick I’d learned all day.

PRACTICE: Doing the same thing over and over in order to get better at it (and all I can say is, if you play the guitar the way A.J. does, you’d better practice a lot). Practice always pays off, especially when steering a hamster ball.

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