little wahoo showed hop-along bob what used to be the boys' toy box. HAB rummaged through it and found a little basketball. he looked for mr. dragon so he could teach him ow to play basketball, but mr. padraigh penwyn heard him and told him that he knows a thing or two about basketball and that he used to play in his varsity's team.
dragon said, "what position did you play, padraigh, centre?" and then he proceeded to laugh so hard mr. padraigh almost got piqued. but in the end they agreed to both help HAB learn how to play. HAB was a quick study and before they knew it, he's been doing some fancy dribbling and slamdunking the ball through the hoop.
when they were finished, dragon said, "maybe tomorrow we'll play hula hoop. i'm quite proficient with it."
"me, too!" quipped mr. padraigh.
"okay," dragon said, "then i teach him how to play the hulahoop and you teach him how to dance the hula."
and once again, he roared so hard he almost blew some fire on mr. padraigh.
I feel like a bystander who is not sure whether to side with the bullyish kids making jokes I don't quite get or with the target trying to hold his own...
