Creative Writing: Life as A Basketball I started out as a brand new shiny basketball. But since then I have gotten old and worn. I have had a hard life. You don't know how cruel kids can be. I have been through everything. Once I was nearly ran over by a car. One day they left me outside, it was okay for a couple of day but then it started raining. Not just sprinkling we're talking major downpour. Then the next day the kid sees me and just kicks me in mud. How rude, kids just don't respect their stuff. So I'm just sitting in the mud and the other kid comes, so I'm thinking come on kid please just take me inside. But oh no he had to