Football or polo?



The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park

near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine

afternoons. It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat

on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing

games on the bank and there were some people rowing on

the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball

very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some

people on the bank called out to the man in the boat,

but he did not hear them. The ball struck him so hard

that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look at

the children, but there weren't any in sight: they had

all run away! The man laughed when he realized what had

happened. He called out to the children and threw the

ball back to the bank.