Lookout Landing · May 12, 2019
About Last Night: Shed Long’s Big Play, by “Matt Christopher”
Chapter One
When Shed Long, the smallest seventh grade baseball player in Alabama, tried to play football he was laughed off the field.
“Sorry sport, it’s just that this game is for bigger kids. You could get hurt.”
Shed walked home, feeling down and defeated. Why was he so small? He asked his mom what he should do to get bigger and stronger.
“You gotta eat like a big kid to be a big kid,” she said, eyeing his half-eaten pork chops. “Lots of milk, lots of meat, lots of broccoli and no lip.”
Shed shoved the rest of his pork chops into his mouth and tried to drain the last of his milk while he chewed. Sitting there with milk running down his chin, he swore he’d do whatever it took.