That Winning Feeling

By Malini

All this month we have been practicing at our school, Calcutta International School, for our Sports Day, which happened
today. My class had two races and so did my brother Bapu's. One was a race that you didn't have to do anything, just run across. And one was a race that you had to hold a lemon on a spoon and walk across very fast. I won first in the lemon race. For Bapu's races, he tried very hard and ran fast, but not fast enough. He came in fourth for the clown race. In the clown race, he had to put on a party hat, run a little, then put on a paper clown collar, then a run a little more, the open up a
jar, dip his finger in red paint and put a spot on his nose! The other race he didn't have to do anything. That's called the Flat
Race. The clown and lemon races are called Fun Races.

Before the race, I knew that my friend Chianna was going to be second. I don't know why I knew but I had a feeling...and she was second! I wanted to be first and I knew I was going to be. I knew my mother was going to say, "I'm so proud of you, Malini!" I imagined all this BEFORE the race and it came true. The reason I won the race was because Chianna's lemon fell and I went ahead of her.

The medal I got was gold with a red ribbon. We are going to celebrate tomorrow for our Sports Day at a restaurant. We have invited my uncle and aunt to eat with us too. At school, my brother and I got ice cream. We bought ice cream for our friend Eunchon too. She is in Class III. I am in Class II. My brother is in Class I. That means 1-2-3 backwards!

I think I won today because today was my Grandma's birthday and she gave me luck.

I couldn't believe I won!