Hey everyone and welcome back to short stories for kids, the magical podcast of story adventures.

And now we have a very special birthday request to give to Matilda, who is a new premium

member, and she will be 7 on the 26th of August.

Matilda lives in London, England, and she has asked for a story with a tiger in it,

which will be coming out very soon, so look out for that Matilda and thank you for joining

the premium channel. And now it's time for today's story request.

My mom and dad got me a premium subscription for my birthday and I would like to make a short

story request. I would like the story to be about my brother Jack and I.

My brother is one years old. We are from Sydney, Australia.

I love playing soccer and watching the Matilda's who are Australia's women's soccer team.

I would like a story about my brother and I playing soccer and winning the grand final.

I would like Australian animals in the story, including kangaroos, cockatooes, koalas, and a platypus.

It had been an amazing summer of soccer, as far as Laura was concerned.

She had, along with her little brother Jack, enjoyed watching the women's world cup.

And although Laura's favorite team, the Australian side, known as the Matilda's, hadn't reached

the final, she'd still enjoyed every minute of it. But all good things must come to an end,

and so it was with the women's world cup. Suddenly it was over.

What should we do now, Jack? Said Laura, as they stood on the back lawn and kicked a ball back

and forth between them. Jack being somewhat younger than Laura was concentrating on the ball coming

towards him. He swung his foot backwards and then it fired forward, striking the ball off center.

It spun sideways, bouncing as it went, and was promptly swallowed up by a hole in the fence.

Oh, Jack, we've lost the ball! Left, Laura. She wasn't too worried about it, as she jogged over.

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