SOUND OFF

Chapter:1

"Woah woah Flint are you sure that's a good idea?" I asked him. "I'm sure it is. Now stand on top of that barrel and when I say so knock it over." He told me. I shrugged and jumped up landing on the sides of the barrel.

"Now knock it over." Of course we practiced this I know what I'm supposed to do. I landed on top of the barrel and rolled a few feet before did a backflip landing on my hands. Good thing I took gymnastics for years. I then rolled over to Flint using my hands.

The crowd was definitely in awe. I then did another flip before the next bull was to buck. We watched as the next bull bucked out. The announcer said it was Kaique Pacheco.

He soon landed on his butt, but jumped up quickly and got out of the way. Once he was out of the ring Flint and I entertained the crowd until the next ride.

Between rounds we cracked jokes and wowed the crowd. "Wait could you do that once more?" Flint asked. I did a front half flip then a back half flip. The crowd cheered. I took a bow. Then it was back to the riding for the third round.

Bucked straight for me. I barreled before the rider was knocked off and the barrel knocked over. I could see a blue button down shirt under a vest. The barrel started rolling from the bull hitting it again.

It stopped rolling. "Man that was a wild ride for Kaique Pacheco!" The announcer said. I chuckled knowing that bull would have trampled me. Then pulled myself out of the barrel. I rolled it back to its previous spot before setting it up right.

"The look on Pacheco's face when the clown came out of the barrel!" Flint said laughing. I looked over seeing Kaique jogging. "That's why I jump into barrels Flint. To save my skin and surprise bull riders." I said with a smirk. He laughed along with me.

"Well do you think it'll happen again?" He asked. "Who knows!"

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After the end of the third round I helped move things out of the ring. As I was setting a barrel down I backed up accidentally bumping into someone. "Sorry." I said before realizing who it was. "Seu ok eu não estava assistindo onde eu estava indo quer." Kaique said. "He said it's ok he wasn't watching where he was going either." Guilherme Marchi said. I nodded.

If only I could understand what he was saying without a person to interpret it. "Gostaria de ir comer?" Kaique said. "He's wondering if you would like to go have dinner with him." Guilherme said. I have no idea what he's saying.

"I'll help you out with speaking to him if you agree." Guilherme said. I nodded. Truth was I love to learn a new language even if it was hard. I already knew Mexican Spanish and grew in the language learning new words every year.

"Could you teach me some basic phrases for Portuguese?" I asked Guilherme. "Sure." "Então, você gostaria de ir comer?" Kaique asked. I did start learning it last year but mine was rusty. Definitely knew yes and no. "Sim." I answered him nodding.

He smiled. I already had butterflies from him smiling. He held his hand out as if asking to follow. I took it. He started walking out towards the vehicles. The other Brazilian riders were all gathered around one place.

I couldn't really understand them. As we walked up he said, "Esta é Codie Alrison." It sounded like he was introducing me. I waved to them. They waved back. "De onde você é?" Eduardo Aparecido said. "He's wondering where your from."

I had even learned my location in Portuguese. "A panhandle do Texas perto de Oklahoma ." I answered. The Texas panhandle near Oklahoma. "Ah." Eduardo said. "I thought you didn't know Portuguese." Guilherme said. "Very little. My location, yes and no, please, thank you and that's it." I said.

"Oh so you just need help with the other phrases." He said. I nodded. "Ok. That I can help with." When one asked me a question Guilherme had to translate it then I answered. Man I'm going to have to learn Portuguese.

Sorry

Hey I know most of my readers don't understand Portuguese but I don't either! I'm using google translate to interpret several of the sentences said. That's helping me to write this book! Thank you for understanding my reasons for not putting a direct translation after what is said in the text. There will be help with the interpretations as I do write this book! This has been a real challenge for me and I love a good book challenge!