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The Creation of the Rio Grande

Do you know how the Rio Grande was formed? Howdy! My name is Bob and I am very good at playing baseball. My friend Jim is so strong; if you play baseball with him, he will knock you into next week. Jim and I are both livin’ in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the country, I like to play baseball but Jim doesn’t play because he can throw so hard that he will knock you into next week. Let’s play ball! Have you ever been rejected to play a sport? It was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon and Bob was playing baseball with his friends like usual. “Hey Bob!” yelled Jim. “Can I throw the ball around with you?” “Only if you promise not to knock me into next week?” asked Bob. “I promise,” said Jim. “It‘s comin‘ to ya!” After he threw the baseball, it flew way over Bob’s head and over the city. “Jim!” yelled Bob. “We have to go and find my baseball!” “Alright! I’m comin’!” yelled Jim. While they were ridin’ through town on their horses, people were pointing to the sky and claiming they had seen a baseball fly through it. Once everybody saw Jim, they all asked him if he threw it and he said, “Ya. It was me who did that.” They traveled for miles and they still couldn’t find it. Will they ever find Bob’s baseball? Do you have the strength to throw a baseball from one state to another? Jim begged to play again with Bob. Finally, Bob began to play again and the same thing happened. Crashing of buildings and smashing of windows was all the town could here. It sounded like a parade that was being started by a band. It was all they could hear because Jim threw the ball so hard; it missed Jim by a mile and broke buildings and windows. Later that day, the police came and gave Jim a ticket for all of the buildings and windows that he broke. He also told him to stop playin’ baseball. Will Jim ever be able to play baseball again? Have you ever seen a guy make a river with only a baseball? Bob and Jim went looking for his baseball the next day because the previous day it had rained. They found the baseball and when they were ridin’ back to town, they couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Jim and Bob had figured that somebody had built a river that night but where they found the baseball; they found out that Jim’s throw had carved out a river. It stretched from Albuquerque, New Mexico to the border of Texas and Mexico. That is how the Rio Grande was formed and named. Will Jim make more rivers? Word spread that he had made a river with just a baseball. People from different cities and states were asking him to make more rivers. Jim was known all over the world because of his accident that made the Rio Grande. Sometimes being different can make a difference.