The Winning Team
Peter had the worst day of his life. As he walked home alone, he felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders. He couldn't stop thinking about what happened on the school soccer field. How could he have missed scoring that goal? ①这让他很生气。His team had lost the game because of his mistakes. He let his whole team down. He was worried that his coach might kick him off the team.
Peter went home without saying a word, but his feelings were written on his face.
After his father knew what had happened, he told him not to be too hard on himself. After all. winning or losing is only half of the game. The other half is learning how to communicate with others and learning from mistakes. Besides, soccer is about team effort, so teammates should support each other.
The next day, Peter said sorry to his teammates and asked them to pull together. To his surprise, they all nodded in agreement. "Yeah. "they said. "Don't worry about it. It's never just one person's fault. ②We should think about how we can do better next time. "
Peter felt lucky to be on a winning team.
