Funny Kid Slapstick Chapter Sampler

‘fun game’ between a team of kids and Redhill’s Under-16s team – the Redhill Rhinos. OOF! That’s gotta hurt. It’s supposed to be ‘a bit of fun’, but given the way that Redhill Rhino player just got squashed into processed meat, I’d say ‘fun’ is not quite the right word. We’re here because we’ve never watched an ice-hockey game before and we figured we should probably understand a bit more about our punishment. I’m a little worried that someone might mistake us as ‘fans’. I’ve only talked about why playing sport is ridiculous. Watching it is insane! As you can probably figure out, I hate sport. And if there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that there’s nothing (not even these hot chips, which are pretty good) that could convince me to change my mind.

We all are. Hugo, Abby, Pip, Tyson and I are here because our teacher Miss Sweet (who is proving to be anything but, by the way) thinks we need to learn about teamwork. That’s nonsense, of course, because if my friends would just do what I wanted them to do all the time, then we’d be great at teamwork. Miss Sweet doesn’t agree, so she is making us join a junior ice-hockey team that’s being put together for an exhibition match in a couple of weeks. Apparently not many kids have been signing up to join the little ice- hockey league, so they’ve decided to do a one-off

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