The summer I turned 12, I wished to grow up more quickly.
Summer camp was coming and I was so worried about my1that I'd gotten into a big argument with my mom.
But I'll 2it!" I cried. I was certain that everyone would see me as nothing more than "the short girl".
You won't know anything 3 you get there, "calmed my mom. And I had to 4.
On Monday, my teacher Maggie told us about the climbing course, and my heart sank when I saw the wall I was the 5 one to try to climb that huge wall. It might have been ten floors high, and knew that I had no 6 to succeed. But I had to, after the other campers finished.
I asked for a "short person's pass, "smiling 7 and walking around the wall.
"You know. Amy, what the mind can believe, the heart can achieve. "8 Maggie. "I'd really like you to do your best to 9 the wall. "
I pretended (假装) to hurt my knee_10I could avoid it.
"How's the knee? Does it hurt a lot?" Maggie asked. She was so kind, which made me feel11because I didn't like to lie.
Maggie was really patient, showing me12 she climbed the wall. And some campers were there cheering for me.
I didn't want to13anymore, and I didn't want to give up again. I could see how much everyone believed in me, and I wanted to show them how much I valued their14, so I kept trying.
And then something15happened—I made it! "What the mind can believe, the heart can achieve," Maggie reminded me. And this time I knew it was true.
