Chapter 16 fifteen last games

My eighth sports meet in Saga is approaching.For me, who intends to "be sure to live with my mother after graduating from junior high school", this is the last sports meeting in Saga. After entering junior high school, I must write to my mother every year, telling her: "You must come to my sports meeting this year." That year I wrote a letter without any hope, but my mother wrote back and said: "I'm going to see it this year, I'm looking forward to it." When I saw the letter, I thought I had made a mistake. I have had this kind of dream several times, I suspected it was a dream, and pinched my cheeks to see if it was a dream.it is true.

The letter from my mother to my grandmother also said that I would come to Saga.Thinking that my mother was really going to watch the sports meeting, I couldn't help but want to run around the whole Saga. The next morning, I carefully put the letter in my schoolbag and went to school. The first class was society, and of course I opened the patterned letterhead without any hesitation. "Tokunaga, what's that?" "A letter from my mother." "Oh?" The teacher looked at my letter with great interest. "What? I want to watch the sports meeting..."

"Ah, teacher, don't read any more." I pretended to be unhappy and put away the letter so that the teacher would not read it. I took the trouble to take out the letter in every class and read it. Like showing crayons and spikes, I show off to everyone, and I always want to hear, "That's great! Tokunaga." I want to let everyone say "that's great" to me, and keep reminiscing about the joy that my mother is really coming. An important event in the junior high school sports meeting is the long-distance running competition. The route for the men's team is to go out of the school gate, circle around the moat, pass through the city, and then return to the school. The total length is seven kilometers, and it is a very strenuous race.But this is nothing in the eyes of us who practice baseball hard every day.

I actually won the championship two years in a row. But because I feel that I must win the championship this year, I feel a little pressure. The closer I get to the sports meeting, the more I worry about whether I will catch a cold or have diarrhea that day?These unnecessary delusions always appear in my mind, which is rare for me. I don't have a cold and I don't have diarrhea. But there was a worse situation-I waited and waited, and my mother who was scheduled to arrive the day before the sports meeting never came! "She said she would finish her work early and come by train. She must be late and missed the train. She will come tomorrow morning. Don't worry, go to sleep!"

Grandma pushed me to bed, but I couldn't sleep at all. In a daze, I saw my mother coming, but when I woke up, I found it was a dream, and I was very disappointed.I vaguely dreamed that the sports meeting was over, and my mother still didn't come. After waking up and realizing that it was a dream, I touched my chest and let out a sigh of relief. Just like this over and over again, like sleeping but not sleeping, tossing until dawn. When my grandma went to work, I stood on the embankment and waited for my mother to come. The train leaves Hiroshima in the morning and shouldn't arrive that early, but I just can't lie in bed with peace of mind.

When it was time to go to school, I was full of anxiety, but I still didn't give up. My mother clearly wrote on the letter "I will go to the sports meeting", and I believe she will definitely come. In the afternoon, when the competition progressed to the long-distance race, I stood behind the starting line and searched for my mother among the audience, but she was nowhere to be seen. The long-distance race begins. I started off at my own pace, led by Mr. Tanaka from the baseball team on a motorcycle. After I ran for ten or twenty minutes, my breathing became a little short of breath, and at the same time I distanced myself from the group of people behind me.

This competition is very famous in the local area. Even if their own children did not participate, there are still many people watching along the way. "That kid runs so fast." "It's really fast." I hear these voices. I was far away from the second place, and every second I just wanted to run forward.If not, I will think about my mother who has not yet come, which may affect my speed. My heart beats faster. The long-distance running route also passes in front of my grandmother's house. Coming to our house in a minute. "Pound, thump, thump, thump", my heart was about to burst.

I want to hurry past the front door, my mother must be there. No, I don't want to get there, I don't want to be disappointed! Two moods are mixed in my heart.When I was about to arrive at my house, I lowered my head and dared not look.I stared at my toes and ran silently. "Zhaoguang, come on!" Suddenly, I heard my mother's voice in my ear. I have never heard such a loud sound. I raised my head, and it was my mother who was shouting and waving desperately in front of the house. "Zhaoguang, come on!" Grandma was also smiling and waving beside her. I looked down again.

The closer I got to the front door, the less I knew what to do. After all, I can't do the gesture of smiling and waving in TV dramas. "Hey! Tokunaga, look at your mother! Don't lower your head, run with your head up!" Tanaka-sensei yelled at me from the motorcycle. I raised my head and looked straight ahead. Finally ran to the front of the house. "Zhaoguang, Zhaoguang, come on!" Mother waved desperately. I yelled to my mother: "Mom, I'm fast! I can't read, but I can run fast!" Mother choked up and answered me: "Your legs are like mom, and your brain is like dad!"

Not long after passing the house, I heard sobbing that seemed to be uncontrollable. Looking carefully, it was Mr. Tanaka who was crying.While riding a motorcycle as the lead, he held his breath and cried. "Tokunaga, that's great! Your mother is here." Tanaka-sensei's dark, sweaty cheeks were filled with tears. I handed the towel hanging around my neck to the teacher. I watched Tanaka-sensei wipe away tears and found that my cheeks were also hot and humid. "You wipe it!" Teacher Tanaka returned the towel to me with tears and a smile. "Teacher, wipe it."

"No, you wipe." "Teacher, wipe it." "No, you wipe." After several refusals, Mr. Tanaka said, "Is this the time for us to cry? Hurry up! Come on!" When you're done, throw me the towel. I wiped my tears indiscriminately, and rushed forward with full concentration. Dash forward, rush forward. I was faster than anyone else, because my mother helped me cheer. I was the first to reach the finish line, 200 meters ahead of the second place. It is said that this is the fastest record in the history of the school.