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/-/(As a boy )(in Bauru )bou.roo,=APR01 Brazil, Pele practiced*D1 soccer kicks (with a homemade ball. )/-/He worked*- long and hard. /-/He knew*D1 [DOthat he wanted*D1I to become=IDO061 a big-league soccer player. ]/-/[ALWhen Pele was*A1 about eleven years old, ]the mayor (of Bauru )decided*D1I to hold=IDO101 a big match (for all the young teams. )/-/It was*-1I to be played=IRO070 just (like big-league soccer. )/-/Pele and his friends wanted*D1I to play,=IDO020 /C/but they did not even have*D1 shoes. /-/They had always played*D1 soccer (in their bare feet. )/-/Then a traveling salesman named=PNA030 Joe Milk came*- forward to help.=IAV020 /-/He was*N1 a soccer fan and had heard*- (of the barefoot team. )/-/He put*D1 up money (for the suits, socks, and shoes. )/-/Joe Milk asked*D1 [DOthat the team be called*P1 "Little America." ]/-/He wanted*D1 it named=SDO12 (after his favorite team-- )America--=ANA01 (in Rio de Janeiro )re.odezhenaro.=APR01 /-/The boys started*D1I to play=IDO140 (in their new shoes and suits )as soon [ARas they got*D1 them. ]/c/But (after only a few minutes, )they were*A1 unhappy. /-/They had never played*- (in shoes )before. /-/[DO"We can't play*- (with these shoes )on," ]the boys said.*D1 /-/"They hurt*D1 our feet." /-/(After a few days, )the shoes no longer hurt*D1 their feet. /-/Pele soon found*D1 [DOthat (by wearing=GOP021 )shoes, he could kick*D1 the ball (with his toes )as well as (with the sides )(of his feet. )]/-/He also found*D1 [DOthat the ball went*- farther. ]/-/Sixteen teams came*- (for the Bauru match. )/-/Little America won*D1 its first game. /-/The team went*- on to win=IAV092 its second game, too, and its third. !!!!!!!!