Spirit of the Game Page #3

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And boil the water

before you drink it,

and don't go into the Outback.

God be with you

till we meet again.

Bye.

This is it, Dad.

It's really happening.

It is an honor and a privilege

to have you as my son.

I'll see you on home plate.

Bottom of the ninth.

Yeah.

Hi. You must be Condie.

I've been waiting for you.

I'm Elder Groberg.

Pleased to meet you.

Good times, huh?

Yeah.

Grab your stuff, let's go.

So, are you heading

to Australia, too?

No, I'm getting off at Tonga.

Tonga? Sounds

like heaven.

Yeah.

How are you today, sir?

Buongiorno, Bruno.

Welcome.

Elder Condie?

Welcome to Melbourne.

I'm Elder Johnson.

Brother Jones is driving.

Welcome, son.

This is Elder Christensen.

Good to meet you.

And that gentleman is your

companion, Elder Morton.

How's the journey?

Well, I fed most of

the fish in the Pacific,

but other than that it was okay.

You know, I'm keen to get

to the mission home,

have a shower and get settled.

Oh, you will.

But first we're gonna make a little detour.

We got a game on.

Of course, you've just arrived,

so why take you straight

to the mission home?

Let's go play a game instead.

A game?

Basketball.

You're playing basketball?

On your mission?

Yeah, I mean,

Australia is not like

anywhere else on this planet.

You are not in

Idaho anymore, Toto.

Thank you.

So, are you Australian?

Excuse me?

I'm British.

From Britain?

I speak the Queen's English.

Not the gibberish

they call language here.

Don't confuse me with

these barbarians again.

Well... I'm kidding.

It's a joke.

Ah.

Not about the barbarians though.

That bit's true.

Condie,

we're a man short. We're

gonna need you to play.

I don't have any gear.

What you're wearing will do.

All right, let's toss it.

Right, here we go, boys!

Great work, boys.

Go, Condie! Nice!

Yes, Condie, good!

Yeah, nice.

Great work, boys.

Nice work, boys.

Yeah!

Great game.

Good job, guy.

Well played, Condie,

well played.

Hey, good game tonight, Jim.

More Americans?

G'day, I'm Elspeth.

This is my husband Jim.

What are you doing?

Well, I'm just saying hi.

Sorry, sorry.

You get used to it.

President Bingham's

expecting us.

Any advice before I meet him?

He's not too bad, really.

Okay.

Come in!

Elder Condie, welcome to the mission.

Thank you, sir.

So, how was the game tonight?

Well, we won, sir.

I understand you played

in your regular attire?

Yes, sir, I didn't know

I was going to be playing

basketball tonight.

Well, it's a good thing you won

because I have to inform you

that's the last game you'll be

playing while you're here with us.

As of today, I'm going

to stop all activities

that don't directly

relate to our work.

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