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Reader: "The Champ."

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Coach: "What do you predict will happen?"

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Reader: Um, I think the story's going to be
about a person that succeeds in a sport he

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or she likes.

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Coach: Okay. "Read."

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Reader: He had a featherweight build, but
what this fifteen-year-old lacked in

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strength and speed, he made up for in
attitude. Jason never missed a practice,

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even though he rarely got playing time and
then only in the fourth quarter when our

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team outdistanced the opponent by at least
three touchdowns. Even so, number 37 never

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so much as frowned, let alone complained,
and always put forth his best

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effort—even if it amounted to very
little. One day he didn't come to practice.

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When he didn't show up on the second day, as
his concerned coach I telephoned his home to

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check on him. The out-of-town relative I
spoke with informed me that Jason's father

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had passed away, and the family was making
funeral arrangements.

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Coach: "Did the prediction come true?"

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Reader: Um, I don't know yet.

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Coach: "Name the who or what."

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Reader: Jason.

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Coach: "Tell the most important thing about
the who or what."

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Reader: Um, Jason missed a sport's practice.

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Coach: "Say the main idea in ten words or
less."

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Reader: Jason missed a sport's practice
because of his father's funeral.
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