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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
BKelly95
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)

There was a book for kids that was out in the early 80s. It was about a boy who lived in the suburbs. All I remember was this happened in one chapter:
A new football has hit the market. The main character wants to get one, but he can't afford it. He then discovers that a local kid just got one and they start tossing it around. While they're playing, the main character accidentally throws the ball into the window of a passing car. The other kid demands that he buy him a new one. He doesn't know how he's going to get the money until he catches his neighbor collecting worms to go fishing. So, he starts a service where he hunts down worms to sell for the money. Just after he earns enough to buy a new ball, the driver of the car comes back and returns the ball to him. It turns out he didn't stop because he was taking his wife to the hospital to have a baby.