When Joe was about to start school.all signs pointed to success.Yet things turned out to be quite 1 .The fourth grade even found him at the 2 of the class.Joe struggled day and night, but it did not 3 -until one stormy aftermoon.
On that aftermoon, 4 the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts, dadk Clouds covered the sky, and the stone ad in.Hard thou she tried to make the kids, 5 , the thunder won the battle for their attention.No one 6 the concepts.Except Joe.He undemtood them and answered all the questions correctly.The teacher patted him on the back.and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it. 7 by his newfound success.Joe moved quickly throughout the room.Soon math time was followed by the time for 8 .All children naturally drew 9 pictures on such a day.Except for Joe.
Since then, Joe started 10 .Though he never made it to the top, his math teacher was always 11 and curious about the change:Why had that stomry day changed Joe?
On the day Joe graduared, he presented the teacher with his moat 12 possession-the picture of.bright yellow sun.On the picture Joe had written:This is the day I 13 my brightness.