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Coach turned to the defender.


       “Hazelton, why did you stop?”



               “Johnson caught the ball,”


       Hazelton said.


               “But he was still seventy yards



       from the goal line!” Coach yelled.


       “Do you plan to just let the receiver


       waddle down for a score in a real



       game?”


               “No,” Hazelton said meekly.


               Coach then turned to Johnson.



       “And Johnson, what was that little


       dance you did after you caught the


       ball?  Why didn’t you run for the



       goal?”


               “It’s just practice, Coach,”


       Johnson said.  “No need to wear
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