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　　It was an early September day,cool and bright and just right for running,and I was in the first few miles of a 10 mile race over a course with a few high hills,　　1　　,I felt energetic;despite the hills,it going to be a 　　2　　 run．

　　Just ahead of me was Peggy,a teacher from Mount Kisco．She was too running 　　3　　,moving along at my speed．The pace felt comfortable,so I decided to 　　4　　 where I was．Why pay attention to pace when she was setting such a good one?I'd overtake her 　　5　　 when she was tired．

　　So I ran behind her,The course 　　6　　 north for five miles,wandered west for a hilly mile,then turned south again along a winding road．The race was getting 　　7　　．We had four miles 　　8　　 and already it was beginning to be real work．

　　Peggy overtook a young runner．She seemed to 　　9　　 him,for they exchanged a few cheerful words as she passed him．Their exchange 　　10　　 me．

You don't chat during a race 　　11　　 you are feeling good and Peggy plainly was．

　　Sill,I was 　　12　　 enough to overtake her if she was tired,so I didn't give up hope completely．We were getting nearer to a tong,punishing hill now and it would be the 　　13　　．We were a mile from tile finish line,　　14　　 whatever happened on the hill would almost certainly determine who crossed it first．

　　As I moved up the hill,my 　　15　　 wandered for a few minutes．When I 　　16　　,Peggy was moving away— first five yards,then ten,then more．Finally it was clear that there was no 　　17　　 of catching her．She beat me soundly．

　　There is an important 　　18　　 in that race,Women are thought to be weaker,slower and not nearly 　　19　　 skilled in sport．Yet as Peggy so clearly showed,the similarities between men and women runners are more important than the differences．I have run with 　　20　　 women,and I can say that it is often hard work．

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　　I was eight years old when I got my first pair of football boots．This may not seem important now, but in 　　1　　 days clothing was limited because of the war, and I knew my father had to go without a coat to give them to me 　　2　　 my birthday．

　　After school I went to play football in a park on 　　3　　 end of the town and after my first 　　4　　 I walked across the park to the bus stop．Halfway home, when we 　　5　　 the town center, I suddenly looked 　　6　　 and saw I was holding one boot．I looked under the 　　7　　 but there was no sign of the other one．Of course, I was still very young, and not used to 　　8　　 boots together．One of them must have come undone(松开的)．I could 　　9　　 my parents’ faces when I told them I had lost it．

　　I jumped 　　10　　 the bus and caught one going in the 　　11　　 direction．To my surprise, a lady 　　12　　 was a friend of my mother’s was on it, and she was 　　13　　, too, because she didn’t understand 　　14　　 I was going that way at that time in the afternoon．I told her 　　15　　 had happened and she wished 　　16　　 good luck．

　　When I got to the 　　17　　, I started walking slowly across it, trying to remember all of the various possible routes I had 　　18　　．Suddenly, after about 100 meters, I saw the boot 　　19　　 all by itself in the middle of the grass．I thought it was a miracle(奇迹)that I had found 　　20　　 a small object．

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　　Each of us fails from time to time．If we are wise, we accept these failures as a 　　1　　 part of the learning process．But all too often as parents and teachers, we disallow this 　　2　　 right to our children．

　　When I see a child 　　3　　 to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie．

　　Donnie was my youngest third grader．His 　　4　　 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed．He 　　5　　 answered questions－he might be wrong．

　　I tried my best to build his 　　6　　．But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned(安排)to our classroom．

　　She was young and pretty, and she loved children．My pupils, Donnie included, 　　7　　 her．

　　One morning, we were working math problems at the chalkboard．Donnie had 　　8　　 the problems with painstaking neatness．Pleased with his progress, I 　　9　　 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials．When I returned, Donnie was in 　　10　　．He’d missed the third problem．

　　My student teacher looked at me in despair．Suddenly her face 　　11　　．From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils．

　　"Look, Donnie," she said, kneeling beside him and gently 　　12　　 the tear stained face from his arms．"I’ve got something to 　　13　　 you．" She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk．

　　"See these 　　14　　, Donnie," she continued．"They belong to Mrs．Lindstrom and me．See how the erasers are 　　15　　?That’s because we make mistakes too．But we erase the mistakes and try again．That’s what you 　　16　　 I learn to do, too．"

　　She kissed him and stood up．"Here," she said, "I’ll leave one of these pencils on 　　17　　 desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, 　　18　　 teachers．" Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile．

　　The pencil became Donnie’s 　　19　　 possession．That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually 　　20　　 him that it’s all right to make mistakes－as long as you erase them and try again．

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