“No way, man.”
“Yes way. Wanna bet? You lose, you buy lunch. I lose, I buy. But I won’t lose.”
“Running start, halfway down the hall, you turn around, lob it over your shoulder into the box at the bottom.”
“Yup. You call ‘ready.’
“Ready, set, GO!”
Cam, holding the ball between his thumb and first two fingers, loped down the hall to the midpoint, dance-turned on his toes, and lobbed the ball. It arced, dropped, and settled into the box. Plunk. Done.
“Dude. That’ amazing!” breathed Zeke. ‘
Grinning, Cam replied, “Talent, man. Pure talent. What’s for lunch?”
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I have to give credit where it’s due. I just saw this video on my news feed. Really amazing stuff 🙂 When you click on the link, you’ll get a message that it’s unavailable. No worries. Just click the “view on Facebook” option )
Just Writing! 
No good ever came of betting
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🙂
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Unless you win lunch!
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Zeke got to witness an amazing shot, and Cam got a free lunch. A win-win. 😊
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Very clever – although I suspect that the vast majority of the trick shots in the video are fakes, achieved by computer and photography trickery! I do wish I could do such things though!
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I wondered about that, although there was some video at the end where they missed, and kept practicing.
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Now there is a magic power. Never thought how handy it might be to toss things before.
I enjoyed the banter between the boys.
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Thanks, T 🙂
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Hey tha’ts the city slicker rule. When there’s no real basket, improvise~
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What a lovely story. The back and forth between the boys is great and I love ‘dance-turned on his toers.’
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Thank you, Jenne 🙂
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I enjoyed the video clip. Entertaining as was your story! =)
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LOL. Okay that was fun to watch and to read. I’m sure that Zeke considers it totally worth it. I would. Well, as long as lunch wasn’t anything too extravagant. Such a sweet and heartwarming story.
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Thank you.
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Reminds me of how as children we made up our own games. Great times.
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Yes. It was a different world. We went OUTDOORS without coaches or organizations, and just played.
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only fair, somebody has to win. 🙂
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You never know where inspiration will come from. Sometimes there’s an uncanny way things come together. Good job!
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True. I had just watched the video when I clicked over to Friday Fictioneers!
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I didn’t see the video. I enjoyed the wholesomeness of the story. Great story without the video.
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Thanks, Oneta.
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Nice.
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That’s quite a talent. A nice little earner!
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Dear Linda,
This was just plain fun. I could see the two of them cavorting in the hallway.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks. I could too 🙂
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Ha! Just a couple of kids having a good time. I like it
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Feelin’ groovy 🙂
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Very light and entertaining story, Linda 🙂
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome.
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He’s got the touch. And now he has a full belly from lunch 🙂
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Win/win 🙂
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Lovely idea, great dialogue, heart-warming story. Thank you, Linda!
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Thank you Penny. You are always such an encouragement 🙂
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It reminds me of how we used to play ball games in the hallway.
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I remember that! We lived in an apartment house when I was 5-8 years old, and we would take the ball from our game of jacks and play in the hallway when the weather was bad 🙂
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That was a really great piece of fiction, however short. I’ve started to follow you to check out what’s new — I mean, nearly two-thousand people can’t be wrong, can they? Thanks for sharing!
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Well, thank you! If you’re interested, you should check out Friday Fictioneers
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