Pedro Nazdar lie in bed thinking, thinking about football tryouts.  They were this morning at 10:00 am.  It was now 8:10.  He’d lived here about 11 months, so he had just missed try-outs last year.  Two years ago he was a running back, but he had learned he was better at catching than running.  And he as so fast!

          “Pedro! Time to get up!”  called his mother.

          “Coming Mom!” Pedro called back.  Pedro got dressed and hurried downstairs for breakfast.  Pedro left home at about 9:30.  When he got there, someone asked him his name, his weight, and what position he was trying out for.  Pedro chose wide receiver-safety as his position.  For try-outs, the first thing he had to do was run the 40 yard dash.  He ran it in 3.99 seconds.  The coach working with the wide receivers was so surprised; he jumped a foot in the air.  Next they did drills catching the ball.  Pedro did pretty good.  After try-outs were over, the team’s head coach told them the roster would be out tomorrow.

          The next day Pedro was up so early his mom was still asleep!  He left at 7:00 and road his bike very, very fast and was the first one there.  He looked everywhere on the roster and he found his name!  He was 4^th wide receiver.  4^th wide receiver isn’t always in, but in this league he was in most of the time!  He looked for someone else and his name was Manny Simens.  He had tried out for running back.  He was first team!  Pedro met Manny on the way home and gave him the good news.  Then they rode home together. 

“Well, did you make the team?”  his mom asked.

“Yes!” Pedro yelled.  “I’m 4^th wide receiver!”

“Great!” answered his mom.

“I picked up a schedule too,” said Pedro “And our first game is . . . Tomorrow!”