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© 2013 Core Knowledge FoundationUnit 4^11718.3
The Daydream
Street, going north.The subway train went on past Wall
the paper.Kim looked at the Job Opening ads in
were hanging on the walls of the train. Kurt looked up at the posters that
One of them was a poster of two star baseball players. The players seemed to
smile down at Kurt, as if to say, “This is the life, man!”
daydreamed. He could hear a man Kurt stared at the poster and
speaking. The man was calling out the play-by-play for a baseball game.
said. “The home team is down by two runs. “Two out in the ninth inning,” the man
So, Mark, it looks like it’s all up to Kurt Gunter at this point.”
“Kurt Gunter has had such a good year. As “Well, James,” said a different voice,
you know, the former spaceship pilot and race car driver is leading the team in hits,
home runs, and runs batted in. He has hit the ball so well this year that most fans I’ve
spoken with think he’s the bee’s knees! In fact, I had a caller on my show, Sports Yap,
last week who told me he thinks Gunter should make twice what they pay him.”