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Dear Mom and Dad,
I hope you won't get mad at me for writing this letter,
but you always told me never to keep anything back that ought to
be brought out into the open. So here goes...
Remember the other morning when my team was playing
and both of you were sitting and watching? Well, I hope that you
won't get mad at me, but you kind of embarrassed me. Remember when
I went after the ball in front of the goal trying to score, and
fell? I could hear you yelling at the defender for getting in my
way and tripping me. It wasn't his fault. That is what he is supposed
to do.
Then, do you remember yelling at me to get over and
cover Johnny's man? Well the coach told me to cover someone else
and I wouldn't if I listened to you. While I tried to decide, they
scored against us. Then you yelled at me for being in the wrong
place. You shouldn't have jumped all over the coach for pulling
me off the field. He is a pretty good coach and a good guy, and
he knows what he is doing. Besides, he is just a volunteer, coming
down at all hours of the day helping us kids just because he loves
sports. Then, neither of you spoke to me the whole way home. I guess
you were pretty sore at me for not scoring a goal. I tried awfully
hard, but I guess I am a crummy soccer player. But, I love the game,
it's lots of fun being with the other kids and learning to compete.
It is a good sport, but how can I learn if you don't show me a good
example? And anyhow, I though I was playing soccer for fun, to have
a good time, and to learn good sportsmanship. I didn't know that
you were going to get so upset because I couldn't become a star.
Love,
Your soccer player.
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