Once upon a time, there lived seven sports balls named Football, Badminton, Basketball, Tennis, Hockey, Table Tennis and Baseball. They all lived in a big sports bag and loved to play with each other.

One day, Football said, "Let's have a tournament to see who is the best sport!" All the sport balls agreed and the tournament began.

The first match was Football vs Badminton. Badminton used his feathers to fly all over the place, making it hard for Football to catch him. But Football was very fast and managed to score the first goal.

Next up was Basketball vs Tennis. Tennis kept serving the ball high, but Basketball was so tall that he could easily jump and slam dunk it in the net.

Then came Hockey vs Table Tennis. Table Tennis was very quick and kept hitting the puck back and forth, but Hockey was too strong and managed to score the winning goal.

Finally, it was time for the final match between Football and Basketball. Both teams played their best, but in the end Football scored the winning goal with a fancy trick shot.

Baseball, who had been cheering for everyone, declared Football as the champion of the tournament. All the sport balls cheered and hugged each other, realizing that they were all winners because they had so much fun playing together.

From that day on, they all continued to play together, always having a great time and never forgetting the lesson they learned: winning isn't everything, having fun is!

Reflections

1. Who won the tournament between the sports balls?
2. What did the sport balls learn about winning and having fun?
3. Who was your favorite sport ball and why?
4. If you were a sport ball, which sport would you like to play in the tournament and why?
5. How do you think the tournament would have been different if all the sport balls played together as a team instead of against each other?