Opiyo in Barcelona
Nicole Achieng
Wiehan de Jager

Once they lived one boy and his family, the boy was known as opiyo,there family had nothing but a small "mabati"kiosk.
Opiyo was very talented in soccer but he had no time of playing soccer cause his father was sick and had no energy

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To work and earn the family money,so opiyo had to work very hard to help his family get something to eat.
Opiyo used to beg for money from pedestrians but some of the pedestrians just ignored him thinking that his situation was just

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As good as their's.
One day when opiyo was sitting idle on a rock,he saw one of the best team in his area,the moment he saw a ball, he was on fire, and he when he went and asked the captain to lend him the ball for just a minute, when

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The captain gave him the ball,he saw things that only professional footballers can do,the captain was very surprised and signed him into the team immediately.
After a month, of opiyo was know a professional footballers in his area.

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One day the team was having a match,opiyo was very accurate to time,when he reached the stadium, he surprised everyone that was in that stadium and was chosen by a Barcelona coach to go and play for Barcelona in Spain,opiyo was more than

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Exited,and the next evening, he was in Barcelona camp together with his family,they really enjoyed the stay in Barcelona and there suffering was over and was never to be seen again in their lives,he was a helpless being but now he is a hel

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Pful being

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Opiyo in Barcelona
Author - Nicole Achieng
Illustration - Wiehan de Jager, Vusi Malindi
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs