HOME READING Win or lose
not like losing even at simple games. It
like table football
A new boy started at Pete's school, of it.
and his name was Albert Albert was
a wonderful table football player. One he was playing games. The only sad
together.
Soon the older children started saying:
Pete was training very hard.
"Good player is that Pete. He is sure not
Albert, on the other hand, did not think
a loser."
much about the game. He was talking to
friends, smiling and making jokes about
all sorts of things
But on the football table, Albert was
really brilliant. He scored goals again and
again, laughing and joking all the time.
However, Albert did not pay attention to
the match
And Pete decided to cheat. When
Albert was looking at the other side, Pete
changed the scoreboard. Albert did not
notice it, and so Pete won by cheating
Pete made a big thing of his win, but
Albert was not sad.
"It was fun We should play again some
other time", said Albert
The horse riding
Jimmy was a very fat boy. He was The doctor asked him what exercises
always sad because of his weight. So, he did.
he decided to visit a doctor. He sald to
Jimmy replied: " go for horse riding
the doctor: "How can I lose my weight? every day. The result is that I have had
Everybody laughs at me at school."
The doctor told him to do exercises weight."
more weight and the horse has lost
every day. After few days, he again went
to the doctor and said: "I did exercises how to exercise.
The doctor laughed and showed him
every day but I didn't lose my weight."
much about the game. But, that night,
On that day, people at school talked
His parents, teachers, and friends said did not enjoy so much. What's more,
Pete did not like to lose any game. Pete did not feel happy. He won, but he
And, what was the worst thing, the next
he did not know how to lose. He did Albert did not feel bad about losing.
he won. He never wanted to stop that He played badly and he lost time after
was so great, and he felt so good when day Pete saw Albert playing basketball
feeling, not for anything in the world. He time. But that happy smile never left
in the world. If there was a game pete for several days. He was great at some
thought that losing was the worst thing his face. Pete watched the new guy
was not good at, he simply did not play things, terrible at others but he enjoyed
it. But he took part in any game when he everything all the time. Pete began
could win, even if the game only lasted learning that to enjoy a game you must
a minute. And nobody could stop him not only win. You can win or lose. What
playing the things he was really good at, you must do is enjoying the game, trying
to do well, and enjoying each moment
Finally, Pete started t
elling jokes when
day they wanted to play table football thing for him was when a game finished.
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