Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for November 03, 2012

No, because Chad gave you a jinx! Remember?

Coach is showing a little wisdom here. Too bad Mrs. Godfrey can’t see it – maybe she’d learn something about fairness too.

Nate Wright has just learned the best lesson in sports: all referees are incompetent. Too bad he doesn’t have Sportscenter to replay the footage repeatedly until said ref retires in disgrace or gets a job in pro wrestling.

My football team had their game today. As a sucky goalie, I did my favourite thing. Skip around the goal post singing Barbie Girl. But as soon as I heard the sound of my father’s disappointed voice yell, “James! Focus! The ball’s coming!”, I stopped twirling around. I stopped singing Barbie Girl. And I actually saved the ball. I didn’t do any dives up or down to snag the ball. Let’s just say I have a strong gut.

Then because I saved the ball and my team won, I got to keep the ball. I played it with my dad at the forest area. Well, not a real forest, but an area with so many trees but not enough to make a proper one. The ball went far away. Dad and I went to find it. We couldn’t find it. We had lost our football, and our courage. It was getting darker. Darkness covering us like a cloak. Suddenly, a snake came. Hissing at us, it’s beady eyes twinkling in the darkness.

END OF MY SHORT STORY! THOUGHT IT WAS REAL? HAHA! WHAT DO YA THINK? BY JAMES. EDITTED/SPELL-CHECKED BY JAMES’ MUM

I have no responsibility for my team losing; but we win because of me.

Meanwhile, a most interesting storyline: We’ll never really know if a)Nate’s insistence that they were under a “jinx” didn’t decisively throw the offense all off, or b)coming in against a team with 60 straight losses didn’t decisively render the Bobcats “too easygoing” or c)the ref doesn’t privately KNOW that it was a handball (?!?!?!) Nate, at this moment,is looking for assurance that it really “wasn’t his fault”…….he’ll have to look into his own heart for the peace he’s seeking. A good week, Lincoln! Even if it wasn’t a Halloween treats story. Looks like Nate’s dad got a rest for a change!!

I’ll write another one tomorrow if you like. I love to write comics, stories and draw. In fact, I am doing this while I’m meant to do my homework and that homework-no kidding- is to illustrate a comic for the fable The Ant and The Grasshopper.

Nate 1, Coach 0

I agreed with Nate on this one. It was Chad’s fault they lost. Sorry Chad.

It was Chad’s fault! I thought that was a given.

Losing to a superior opponent, who beats you within the confines of the rules of the game? I have no problem. Losing to the officials, or because the opposition is cheating? Now we have problems. It was clearly a handball. The other team did not so much win as nates team was robbed of a chance of victory.

It was the referees fault

There’s no ‘I’ in team, but there sure is a ‘ME’.

wow nate hates everybody

I mean he has a point about the offense. Against a team tat pathetic you can’t score once in 6th grade soccer league???

Nates’ actually right… He only let in one goal, which btw was a illegal goal.

it kinda was nates fault

It’s totally why they lost.