Situation 5 On the School Bus
Robert goes outside and catches the bus. His friend Billy is already on the bus.
Robert: Hey, Billy. What's up?
Billy: Hey, Bobby. How are you?
R: My name is Robert, not Bobby.
B: And my name is William, but everybody calls me Billy.
R: Well, that's you, not me. Please call me Robert from now on.
B: Okay, Bob.
R: Very funny. I'm going to start calling you William.
B: No, I hate that name. I promise to call you Robert if you promise not to call me William.
R: I promise. You see how easy that was. Hey, are you going to pratice today?
B: Pratice? What pratice?
R: Basketball pratice, of course.
B: I almost forgot. Yeah, I'm going. What about you? Did your dad give your permission?
R: Yep, can you believe it? The old man is not so bad.
B: I think your dad is really cool. He's way better than my dad.
R: That's what you think, but it's not true. He only wants me to study, but my mom helped me so now I can play sports too.
B: What about your grades?
R: I promised that I would get good grades.
B: What if you don't?
R: If I don't, then I have to quit the basketball team.
B: I know you'll be studying hard this year.
R: Yes, I will. I like basketball enough to make me want to study hard.
B: Yeah, school is not so bad if you can both study and play.
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