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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 36 “Hi everyone!” says Raul. “This is Bochdan, José, Mohamed, Silvia, Christian, and my name is Raul. We think starting our own league is a great idea, but we would need to use these courts.” “No way! This is our court, you know that, Chema. It’s always been that way.” says Juan Carlos. “Up to now, you have usually played on your own. This is true so far. However that doesn’t mean that, if other children want to play here, you can prevent them from doing so. Since nobody else wanted to play, we haven’t had to adjust our timetables, but from now on what we’ll do is to share the pitch: when both teams are training we will split the pitch in two, and when you both play a match you will use the whole pitch. Does that sound all right?” Chema asks. “If that means we can use the courts, then it’s fine with us.” says José. “If that’s the way you want it, it’s ok with us too.” Juan Car- los doesn’t seem convinced. He trusts Chema but he doesn’t seem to agree completely. “And when is the tournament starting? We al- ready know we’ll beat you.” “Nobody said the tournament would be only between your two teams. Perhaps it would be a good idea if you mixed the teams. May- be other kids want to play too.” says Chema. “I’m going to put up a sign explaining the new league so other kids can sign up. Once we know how many people want to join, we can decide about the teams. How does that sound?” We all think it’s a good idea. Raul winks at Bochdan and the others. They are happy about the way things have gone. Who knows what might have happened if Chema had not shown up. Episode 6: Forming the team. The girls want to take part The summer is now far behind us and we have all forgotten our holi- days as we are well into the school year by now. It is still not very cold and we spend a lot of our time on the streets. We train at the