英語溫馨夜讀I PART4 13 Mickey’s Goal 米基的進球

[00:00.87]Mickey’s Goal 米基的進球 [00:06.89]Last night was the last game for my eight-year-old son’s soccer team. [00:11.92]It was the final quarter. The score was two to one, my son’s team in the lead. [00:17.83]Parents surrounded the playground, offering encouragement. [00:22.43]With less than ten seconds remaining, [00:25.57]the ball suddenly rolled in front of my son’s teammate, Mickey O’Donnel. [00:30.85]With shouts of “Kick it!” echoing cross the playground, [00:34.95]Mickey turned around and gave it everything he had. [00:39.17]All around me the crowd erupted. Donnel had scored! [00:44.30]Then there was silence. [00:46.71]Mickey had scored all right, but in the wrong goal, ending the game in a tie. [00:53.06]For a moment there was a total hush. [00:55.90]You see, Mickey has Down syndrome and for him there is no such thing as a wrong goal. [01:02.69]All goals were celebrated by a joyous hug from Mickey. [01:06.51]He had even been known to hug the opposing players when they scored. [01:11.62]The silence was finally broken when Mickey, [01:14.62]his face filled with joy, hugged my son tightly and shouted, [01:18.95]“I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!” [01:24.97]For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would react. [01:30.11]I need not have worried. I watched, through tears, [01:34.26]as my son threw up his hand in the classic high-five salute and started chanting, [01:39.63]“Way to go Mickey! Way to go Mickey!” [01:42.91]Within moments both teams surrounded Mickey, [01:47.03]joining in the chant and congratulating him on his goal. [01:51.12]Later that night, when my daughter asked who had won, I smiled as I replied, [01:57.19]“It was a tie. Everybody won.”

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