Playing Ball

Two little boys lived around the corner from Crackers. Their names were Nicky and Luke. Nicky was ten and Luke was eight. They stopped by every day after school to play with Crackers. Crackers' favorite thing was playing ball. Nicky stood on one side of the yard, Luke on the other, and Crackers in the middle. When Crackers caught the ball, he ran away with it and the boys had to chase him to get it back.