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　　I started to love running at a young age．I loved to 　　1　　 my father and my sister around the backyard．I couldn’t 　　2　　 to get older so that I could run in the Olympics and win lots of 　　3　　

　　One day my mother saw a(n)　　4　　 for a race in a newspaper．“Would you be 　　5　　 in entering this race?” she asked me, pointing to the advertisement．

　　“Yes, of course!” I answered．

　　I spent the next few days practicing for my big race．My sister 　　6　　 a table in the backyard so she could supply me with water and 　　7　　 me．

　　Just before the race began, my dad 　　8　　 in my ear．“Don’t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race．You need to have energy 　　9　　 you can speed up at the end．”

　　Following Dad’s 　　10　　, I didn’t run as fast as I could．Then the other runners started passing me, which made me 　　11　　．I began to feel tired, and started slowing down and 　　12　　 harder．

　　“Coming on, Kelly!You can do it!Keep running．”

　　Out of the corner of my 　　13　　 I saw Dad running beside me around the outside of the track．

　　“I can’t do it!” I 　　14　　 to say．

　　“You can!Don’t give up!Keep running!” he called back．

　　I took a deep breath and tried to 　　15　　 forward．Dad continued running beside me, shouting encouraging words．

　　I came fifth, but I felt like a(n)　　16　　．I’d done my best, and I hadn’t 　　17　　．

　　I felt thankful that my dad had 　　18　　 left my side．He always 　　19　　 me when I feel like giving up．He runs alongside me 　　20　　 my life．

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　　Children have their own rules in playing games．They seldom need a referee(裁判)and rarely trouble to keep scores．They don't care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn't seem to worry them if the game is not finished．Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared．They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the pick-up of side, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself．

　　Grown-ups can hardly find children's games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again．However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons．He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid．He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn．He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught．

　　It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control．Every one knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules．Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win．

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