The Adventures of Ranald the Rugby Player

Ranald Rames was a blond haired boy, small for his age, but he loved to run. He ran around the park, the shopping centre and ... anywhere he could pick up speed! He was small but he was fast. His favourite birthday was the day he turned six – his parents bought him a ball. Not just any ball, an egg shaped ball – a rugby ball. He took it everywhere he went. He named it Bap. Bap sat at the bottom of his bed every single night. His Dad taught him how to throw and catch the rugby ball. The two of them often played together in the garden. Ranald was ecstatic the day he was taken to see a live rugby game, it was his eighth birthday. The men seemed so big and strong. “Dad,” he said, pulling on his father’s shirt, while at the game, “I want to be a rugby player like them. Can I?”