Folks said that if she hadn’t been so small she would have been tall. But Ruby didn’t really hang around with Alex Folks so she never heard the comment.
She often wondered about her height though. Which lends credence to ideas being everywhere and people just needing to be open to them I suppose.
Anyways, at only 4’7” Ruby was the shortest girl on the basketball team.
But what Ruby lacked in height she made up for in her uncanny ability to shoot baskets from anywhere on the floor.
She could even shoot baskets from in the stands but since that wasn’t allowed during a game she never demonstrated it. And she never demonstrated her skill at shooting a six gun either. Due mainly to the fact that she had no skill in that area.
Ruby could shoot baskets though. And she did so with regularity. Enough that she led the league in points during her high school years.
Aside from the Folks boy other people often wondered why someone of her height could do what those of a more normal height could not do. (more…)
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