Tryouts at the Fifty-Yard Line
Coach Benny is running football tryouts at the Grammaropolis High School Football Field, and anybody can try out. Anybody. Fill in the missing adverbs and find out who makes the team.
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On tryouts day, Coach Benny marched onto the Grammaropolis High School Football Field with his silver whistle and his lucky clipboard. "Line up !" he shouted . "I'm the Coach, the Boss, the Big Cheese. I'm the Big Macaroni."
The first drill started . Marcus zigzagged between the cones while the bleachers cheered. Then a platypus waddled onto the field, put on a helmet, and stretched . Up in the bleachers, Nelson pretended not to recognize it.
"Can a platypus even play football?" whispered Jenna. Nobody answered, because nobody knew. The platypus caught three passes in a row and looked pleased with itself.
Benny checked his clipboard twice. "Rule one: anybody can try out. Rule two: that platypus runs than half this squad."
For the final drill, every player kicked a ball toward the yellow goalposts. Jenna's kick sailed than the rest, but the platypus booted its ball the of all.
Benny blew his whistle and wiped away a small, proud tear. "Congratulations, team. Practice starts tomorrow. Bring your cleats, and somebody please bring a bucket of worms, too."
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