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Dan the Little Kid

Daniel was the smallest kid on his football team. All the other kids
called him ‘Dan, the little kid.’ This made him absolutely livid.
One football game, while he was on the bench, he figured out the

unusual strategy the other team followed and planned an excellent
counter-strategy to win. The game was coming to an end, and
everybody felt hopeless. Finally, the coach let him play the last five
minutes. Daniel was able to score the winning goal! From that day

on, no one called him ‘little’ ever again.

1 Discuss the following questions.

1 How do you think Daniel came up with his strategy to score?
Why did he formulate this strategy?

2 Do you think Daniel's strategy made any difference?

2 Answer the following questions.

1 What did Daniel’s team call him?

2 What other characteristics did Daniel have?

3 What did Daniel want to do?

4 Why did the football game provide a good moment for Daniel to prove his
worth?

5 Why do you think the coach let Daniel play for the last five minutes only?

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