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If you had your way, you wouldn t wait for a thing. Why, you d play baseball all the time. You d play it for lunch, dinner, even for breakfast. The words burned in Jimmy s heart. Mom s right. If I were in charge, I d make sure I d never have to wait for another thing ever again. For every kid who has wondered, Why do I have to wait? here s a humorous story that shows why every moment of life is important. After Jimmy rearranges time to suit himself, he learns that God has a plan for our lives that includes the good times as well as the bad times & the in-between times. When we avoid certain times in our life, when we refuse to live each moment, we may end up destroying all of life s moments, including the good ones. Juvenile audiences (ages 10-14). ... Read more

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Basball for Breakfast
Jimmy hated to wait. He did not think that waiting was fair. His mother told him that it was good to wait and learn patience. Jimmy thought about what his mother said until he fell asleep. On his way to school the next morning he found a very strange watch. He discovered that when he moved the minute hand forward it would skip time. When Jimmy got to his class his teacher was taking role so he moved the minute hand forward a little bit and the recess bell started ringing. After recess jimmy was hungry so he turned the watch hand forward and it was time for lunch. After lunch jimmy moved the hand forward thee more hours, and he was running to baseball practice.Jimmy did not have to wait for anything, but after skipping so many meals, eating too much dessert, and not taking baths he became weak and people called him "rotten egg". Jimmy had skipped all the rainy days to have a sunny day so there was a big drought. Pretty soon they would have no food. His mother told him that eating his vegetables made him strong, and that skipping rainy days made it so that they would have no water. His mother told him to break the watch and not skip another moment. It was a hard decision but finally Jimmy threw the watch on the side walk and it broke into a thousand pieces. When jimmy woke up he looked out the window as it started to rain. He wondered if baseball practice would be canceled but it really did not matter.

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Baseball for Breakfast is a delightful book for kids, especially those who hate to wait.The book shows it's readers what can happen when you don't take time for all things in life and how that thinking only of yourself can be disastrous.A wonderful book to show that each moment is important andthat patience is truly a virture! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Notable Sports Figures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2086 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. This work features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. It also includes not only the record-breakers that dominated and changed their sport, but also the controversial figures that made headlines even apart from athletic events. ... Read more

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