Friday, June 24, 2011

the tug 'o war

Yesterday Leah and Sam had sports day at school. It was grand fun and although chilly, the rain held off.
Sam's class got called up for the tug of war and the boys were pitted against the girls. "thirteen girls against nine boys" Sam told me later. The boys lined up first and grabbed hold of that rope like they meant business. What they weren't counting on was the fact their being outnumbered gave the girls a bit of an advantage and those girls put up quite the fight. Back and forth they see sawed for at least 5 minutes. The boys' faces were desperate but none more than our boy Sam's. He pulled as though his very man hood depended on it. And it may well have.

Check out his face. (He's the one with his fist pumped up in the air.) I don't want to know how crushed he would have been if the girls had succeeded in dragging him and his team mates over the line!
So thanks kg boys for giving that tug of war your all.

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