Funny Kid Slapstick Chapter Sampler

See if you can guess. It’s one of those get-the-round-thing-into- the-goal sports, only they decided to make this one a bit harder. Why? No reason. Instead of using an actual round thing, like, I don’t know, a ball, they’ve flattened it out like a pancake so that it doesn’t roll. They call this thing a puck.

I’ve got another idea. Why don’t you take this tiny white ball and put it in this tiny hole? No, you can’t just use your hands, although that would make sense. You have to use this silly long stick instead. Oh, and the tiny hole? We’re going to put it way over there, like halfway to Uncle Ted’s house. What else? Well, how about you run over there? No reason. Just do it. Oh, you did? Good. Now run back. Do it faster than you did the first time. No, you’re not late for anything. In fact, all you’re going to do once you get back is do it again. And so we find ourselves back where we started. Sport! What is the point? Of all the sports in the world, possibly the most pointless is the one I’m watching right now.

Now, some people play sport to get a bit of ‘fresh air’. But not this sport. They decided to play this stupid game inside a large, stuffy building with no windows. Oh, and then they had a real brain wave. Someone thought, ‘Standing up, that’s too easy. Let’s make it harder!’ What if, instead of playing

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