Sports Superstar

Jill Spin

The Sports Superstar

Always do your best

Ron

Never give up! Never surrender!

Jill Spin, age 5, lived in Peru, IN.  She liked to play different kinds of sports and dreamed about becoming a professional player. Lauren and Ron thought Jill was a great athlete.

One day Jill saw a television commercial for a new sporting goods store.

The next day, Jill went to the store.  She walked over to a pile of baseball bats.  She tried to hold the bat just like the professional player in the poster.

Jill closed her eyes.  Suddenly, she was actually playing in the World Series!

The baseball stadium was packed like sardines.  The crowd was doing the wave and flying colorful banners in the air.

The bases were loaded.  The team depended on Jill to score the winning run. She held the bat tight as the mean-looking pitcher threw a curve ball.  Jill swung and hit the ball.

The ball flew up, up, up in the air!  It kept on going all the way out of the ballpark!

"Holy cow, It's a grand slam!" the announcer yelled.

Jill thought, "Gee whiz, Lauren and Ron would be proud of me!"  Jill dropped the bat to run the bases and...

Jill was back in the sporting goods store.  She was a little confused, so she walked across the aisle to a display of basketballs.  She began to dribble a basketball.  In an instant, Jill was playing in the finals.

The basketball stands were jammed with people.  Lauren and Ron sat at center court chanting, "Sink it! Sink it!"

Jill looked at the scoreboard.  There were only seconds left in the game.

Jill dribbled across the court, then quickly slam dunked the ball.  It zoomed straight through the basket!

The cheerleaders sang, "Hooray! Hooray for Jill!"

The team lifted Jill on their shoulders.  When they put her down, she was once again at the sporting goods store.

Jill picked up a football and began to watch the Super Bowl on a big screen TV.

Suddenly, she was the quarterback on the field.  There were two seconds left in the game and her team was five points behind.  Three enormous lineman from the other team were heading straight for Jill.

Jill managed to spin out of the tackle and avoid a sack.  She ran twenty yards,  forty yards, then fifty!  Touchdown!

Jill was so happy she threw the football in the air, and did a little victory dance.  Jill was given a beautiful trophy and named the MVP of the year. 

Suddenly, Jill realized the store was closing.

On the way to the exit she passed a display of trophies and thought, If I practice really hard, my dreams of becoming a professional athlete really could come true.  I cant wait to tell Lauren and Ron about my wonderful sports adventure.

Jill Spin

Enjoy this book.

A special gift from

Ron