Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream

Michael loved to play
basketball. Every Saturday, he followed his older brothers, Larry and Ronnie, to the park, hoping that they would let him play. And if one of the guys who usually played with them didn’t show, they always did. But there was one problem: his name was Mark, and he was the tallest boy on the court.
“What’s the matter, Mikey, too short?” Mark flapped his arms in Michael’s face.
“Over here!” shouted Larry. But when Michael threw the ball, Mark’s long arms came out of nowhere and knocked the ball away. It flew into the hands of a player on Mark’s team, he made the basket, and the game was over. Just like
that.
“I am really sorry, guys. If I were taller that wouldn’t have happened.” All the way home Michael apologized. Even though no one was mad at him.
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