Thrill Seekers
... there summer past time sport, football. A sport where “Your fate, and your team’s score, depended on your concentration and courage”. (A Chase). When that all so perfect, black Buick came into sight, the kids fired their snowballs, and watched in disbelief as the Buick came to a halt, and the man stepped out. For Ann Dillard and her friends, this was not just some ordinary man; this was their opponent, who at that moment stepped onto their turf, and started at them. It was time for a strategy…A plan for survival, as Ann Dillard stated, “We were on our turf; we could lose ourselves in the neighborhood backyards, everyone for himself”. (A Chase) Ann knew that she was not just being chased, but she had entered a game, her and Mikey Fahey vs. the tall red-headed man. “It was an immense discovery, pounding into my hot head with every sliding, joyous step, that this ordinary adult evidently knew what I thought only children who trained at football knew; that you have to fling yourself at what your doing, you have to point yourself, forget yourself, aim, dive.” (A Chase) It was exciting, with every move, ...