Personal Narrative John Colby

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The dream
“Basically living the great life” screams John. On this very day John Colby will forever lose the way he looks… When he landed in New York city he was amazed because he always wanted to see New york city. Once he landed with his dad his dad says “It's gonna be a long drive to Cooperstown son” exclaimed dad.
“Ya I realized that.” said John
“Well just make sure you get some rest while we take our 4 hour drive”
“Yesssss dad I know”.
“Do you need any food or snacks or water?” questioned dad
“Dad I don’t! Just let me sleep pleaseee.” screamed John Colby It all started in a small town, a place called Cooperstown, New York which it is in the middle of the luscious green rolling hills. John Colby is from the scorching hot desert in Phoenix, AZ. He isn't used to all this green and beautiful weather, he kinda likes it. While
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“ Son I understand that” annoyingly replied
As John and his dad arrive to the baseball area where they have to check into the housing for the kids to stay in while they play baseball for a week, they get greeted with a great welcome from the staff. “ Hello there, you are? “ Hey my sons name is John Colby.” replied dad “ So if you could just pull up in here to park, thank you and enjoy your time here at Cooperstown Dreams Park!”
The next day the team started practicing for a week long tournament. At 5:00 was the first game they had to play and they were hyped. I mean all of us were so excited to play our first game. The first pitch was a strike, starting of great. That game was a very easy game, we ended up winning 24-8 the team was kinda trash though. But that game we got a lot of our nerves out! I still kept screaming to my teammates “ I can't believe we are here this absolutely amazing!

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