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Lesson #5 - Europeans treat every ball like a soccer ball

When camping in Rome we went out to throw a softball. Every person that walked by stared at us like we were circus animals! These two Italian boys saw us and looked on amazed at this ball that was being thrown. They were about 4 years old and 6 years old. We could tell they wanted to play but how do you ask children who only speak their own language and do not know any English? So we tossed the ball to them and they threw it back but not like you usually would throw a softball, with one hand. For anyone that plays the beautiful sport of soccer ;) you know that they throw the ball over their head with two hands. This boy started to throw the ball a few times like it was a soccer ball until he started to learn that there is more you can do with a ball then just use your feet. When I rolled to ball to him like a grounder instead of picking it up with his hands can you guess what he did? He stopped it with his feet, it was really fun! When we left we left the boys a softball of their own!