She's Not Fat-i-gued!

In Aesop's fable The Tortoise and the Hare, we learn that hard work and perseverance bring reward. 

This story is about a girl (who, by-the-way, has a turtle collection that was started by her grandmother years ago) that has learned this lesson for herself.

Blossom #1 has worked very hard to become a better reader.  In first and second grades, she was in Reading Recovery and then Title I.  By 7th grade, she had improved a lot, but half way through 7th grade we decided to homeschool her, so she could get even better at reading.  She read and read and read, and has become a better reader.  Now in high school, she gets almost all As.

In 7th grade, Blossom #1  joined the Cross Country team.  Even though she was usually one of the last to finish, she LOVED it!  In 9th grade her running improved and she was voted Most Improved with the most impact for the team.

When the Cross Country season was over last year, Blossom #1 kept on running right through the winter.  She also started doing some upper body exercises, ran her summer miles, cut out all junk food and ran 5 road races.  And, this season, she qualified for the state competition and was the Most Valuable on the team.  She worked hard and she deserved it.  In the state competition, which her team also qualified for, she came in 25th and the team came in 6th.

 One day on the bus going to a Cross Country meet, Blossom #1 asked what "fatigue" means.  She mispronounced the word and it sounded like "fat-a-gue".  (I guess we still need to work on her reading skills.)  Anyway, her teammate pronounced the word properly to her, but it didn't end there... fat-i-gue and fat-i-gued became the team words that they had soooo much fun with.  And, Blossom #1 took all of the fun like a good sport!  Blossom # 1 is amazing and she's not fat-i-gued of running yet... she's running the Drumstick Dash on Thursday! 

Have a great day!

Karin