THe couRT lives agaiN

My house used to be the venue for a lot of basketball games.My older brother was a good player and so were his friends.Back in the early nineties,basketball was a trending game we all loved though i didn’t play at all as i was merely a spectator.Sometimes,after school a couple of students from the class would come over to my house for a basketball game just for the fun of it,and on the weekends it was more like a tournament was taking place on our court.But as we grew older and time passed by,the fun slowly started fading out.Nobody paid much attention to the court and less people came to play at the house.The surface of the court was eroded and moss found it quite conducive to spread all over the top.The ball got deflated very often as a result of this and the board gradually began to peel.The net finally fell off and the ring eventually got rusted.At a point in time,it looked just like a junkyard;utterly unappealing and absolutely pallid.The court remained like this over the years before random ideas started spreading on what the place should be transformed into considering the impression of a court had already vanished long ago.But last week,something surprising happened on the spot where our court used to lie.A group of strange men started digging the surface and others were mixing cement contents to lay a smooth foundation.The kids who weren’t really born when we rocked this very court filed a complaint to dad and he bought what they were selling.The idea appeared interesting to him as it would reduce boredom and also help out as a means of exercise for them.So he called on a crew to revive the spirit of basketball in the house.The board’s been changed already and a new net has been fastened to the polished ring.Now all that’s left is the basketball itself to show up.Dad says he’ll bring it along with him when he’s coming home,but the keen kids are sick of waiting for the ball to arrive.So they improvised with a soccer ball!Yes,indeed the enthusiasm is on and the game has bounced back!