Short Story: Becoming A Footballer

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“Her name is Ellie,” A man said.
“Who’s Ellie?” the little girl asked.
“Ellie, is a girl who stood up for what she wanted to become,” the man stated slowly.
“What do you mean?” the girl questioned.
“You see, Ellie wanted to grow up to become a football player, for the Denver Broncos. She’s always wanted to become one, but never had the courage to do so.”
“Why not?”
“She was afraid of Coach Mar. She believed that he wouldn’t let her join her middle school’s football team, just because she was a girl.”
“Why does that matter?”
“I doesn’t. She just was scared of how she would come out to seem like.”
“Did she ever join the team?”
“I can’t spoil the ending. She may, yet she may not. DO you want to hear her story?”
“Please.”
“Okay. Well Ellie was just an average girl from Denver. She loved the Denver Broncos and wanted to grow up as a football player. But was scared of joining just her middle school football team, and of Coach Mar.
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She walked around the whole school, and then realized she needed to go to the football field to find him.”
“Did she find him?” she questioned once more.
“Of course, she did. But not yet,” he stated.
“Okay… Continue please,” She asked kindly.
“Sure… When she finally seen him on the football field, she ran up to him, like a little kid going to an ice cream tru-” the man said but got cut off by the ice creams truck’s music. The little girl eyed it for a while before turning back to the man.
“You were saying..?” She asked.
“Don’t you want ice cream or anything?” he questioned.
“Well... “ she looked at the truck, “no. Not really…plus I have no money for it

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