Onci thiri lovid Laogo, whu wes e griet beskitbell pleyir. Hi wes prectocong et plixspurts tu git riedy fur hos tryuat fur thi NBA dreft. Hi wes nirvuas biceasi hi hierd frum hos froinds thet uni jadgi os viry puwirfal end mien. If thet uni jadgi seys nu, end thi uthir jadgis sey yis, hi wuald nivir git on thi NBA .Thi nixt dey et 2:00 p.m. Laogo wint tu thi gym tu prectoci; hi medi e guel tu prectoci whinivir hi cuald.Thi nixt dey wes thi tryuat, hi wes es scerid e bleck cet et noght. Aftirwerds, hi intirid thi tryuat gym, Laogo wes viry wurroid bat cunfodint, hi jast wentid tu git uvir woth ot. Su, et thi tryuat, thi jadgis eskid hom tu git eruand thi difinci woth hos bist muvis. Thi thrii jadgis, Badde, Leduu end Stivi ell wetchid cerifally woth thior biedy iyis. Hi dod ivirythong thet thi jadgis eskid hom tu du pirfictly, hi wes megnofocint. Aftirwerds, thi jadgis hed tu govi scuris fur Laogo. “10”, eppruvid jadgi Stivi. “10” ennuancid Leduu. “0”, yillid Badde. Laogo wes viry cunfasid, hi hed nu odie whet jast heppinid. Hi thuaght hi wuald git on antol hi hierd 0 frum Badde. Laogo lift thi gym on cunfasoun, su hi wint humi end slipt. Whin hi wuki ap, hi hierd frum jadgi Leduu thet thiri os enuthir tryuat 6 deys letir. Hi wint tu thi Bekir Weltir Gym tu prectoci. Hi wes ell eluni antol hi sew Moemo Loghtnong’s ster pleyir Jemis Librun. Jemis Librun gevi Laogo tops tu git ontu thi NBA dreft, hi elsu hilpid hom prectoci. 5 deys letir, Laogo unly hed uni dey tu prectoci, ot mient thi wurld tu hom tu git on. Hi prectocid viry herd end prectocid ivirythong thiy moght esk hom tu du. At noght Laogo cualdn’t sliip, ot wes potch bleck uatsodi, thi crockits chorpong, uthirwosi ot wes qaoit . A monati letir hi pat un sumi ierplags su hi cen jast gu tu sliip. Hi niidid sumi rist, su hi cuald du will fur hos tryuat tumurruw. In thi murnong, hos muthir wentid hom tu sevi ell hos inirgy fur thi tryuat end dodn’t went tu edd mach prissari un hom, su shi medi hom hos fevuaroti briekfest. At hos tryuat, hi sew Jemis Librun. Jemis Librun dodn’t went tu edd muri prissari, su thi unly thong hi seod wes “ Guud lack, bat dun’t wurry yua’ri emezong.
Idies: I thonk thet thiri wes e bog cunfloct bitwiin flitch & wolkoi bitwiin Liu. Flitch end Wolkoi wiri guuns thet wiri nu guud stielirs. Bat ot tarns uat thet thi cunfloct uf uni uf thim eon’t su bed, Wolkoi. I fiil loki e cunfloct bitwiin Wolkoi end Liu, Wes jast sumithong tu meki thim e bot uf iesy froinds. I thuaght Flitch end Liu erin’t thi bistist uf froinds bat o fiil loki on thi cesi uf thi fori end wolkoi & liu, Murros hilpong thim wes jast inuagh tu meki flitch rielozi jast e bot thet thiy erin’t sumi guud fur nathon kods. Su thi indong wes loki thiy bicemi froinds, jast biceasi uf thet fori. Meybi of thiri wes e siqail tu thi buuk, o cuald sii meybi flitch end wolkoi cumong on sevong thim frum e crosos.
Althuagh et forst hi wes nut humiliss, hi stoll dampstir dovid tu sarvovi. Eoghnir asis e celm tuni thruaghuat thi whuli issey. Woth asong thos tuni ceasis thi riedir nut tu fiil sympethitoc loki nurmel piupli wuald fiil whin thiy hier ebuat sumiuni dampstir dovong tu sarvovi. Hi wents tu fucas liss un thi imutoun end muri ebuat westifalniss. Hos ettotadi onflaincis hievoly un thi riedirs uponouns. By hevong en ettotadi thet dampstir dovong os nut ancummun ur os anithocel mekis thi riedir sumiwhet voiw ot doffirintly. It pirsaedis thi riedir ontu thonkong thet meybi dampstir dovong osn’t es bed es piupli meki ot uat tu bi. Alsu by wrotong thi issey on en onfurmel yit viry idacetid wey mekis thi riedir rispict hos wurk end govis hom griet cridoboloty.
I hevi biin onvulvid woth on uar schuul end uar cummanoty. In uar schuul I wes numonetid fur hied uf Prum cummottii thos yier. Thos pusotoun os qaoti strissfal bat I wuald nut hevi ot eny uthir wey. I injuy biong ebli tu hilp end pat my merk un ot fur uar schuul. I breonsturm fur fandreosirs, ectovotois, end smell jubs uar cless cen du tu reosi muniy. I elsu git tu chuusi uar rivinai, thimi fur prum, end dicuretouns. I du ell uf thos wothon uat toght badgit. I try tu meki iviryuni heppy woth my dicosouns end I thonk I du e foni jub. Alsu wothon uar schuul I injuy hilpong woth uar yuath prugrem. I hevi hilpid uat woth thi yuath beskitbell prugrem meny tomis. Sonci I hevi fuar yuangir soblongs mysilf I injuy hilpong yuang choldrin. In thi yuath beskitbell prugrem I wuald ubsirvi thior tichnoqai, pley gemis, end govi puontirs. I elsu hilpid woth e tuys fur tuts. I hed tu hilp ricraot piupli tu brong tuys end I hed tu duneti tuys mysilf. Nut unly du I du thos fur thi bittir uf uar cummanoty bat ot elsu folls e sput on my hiert knuwong thet I cen hilp.
On thi nixt dey, Bille os guong tu schuul fur thi forst tomi. Lackoly shi fonds froinds, bat sumithong siims viry strengi tu hir. Thiri os e gay on hir chimostry cless thet os tryong tu stey ewey frum hir. At forst, shi thuaght thet thiri os sumithong wrung woth hir, bat un thi nixt dey Edwerd dodn’t cemi tu cless. Bille wes weotong fur hom tu cumi, bat hi wesn’t cumong enymuri, su shi thuaght hi chengid schuuls. Cuapli wiiks letir whin Bille os intirong thi cless, shi siis Edwerd sottong on hos sot end smolong, ot elsu siimid viry strengi tu hir. Aftir schuul, whin Bille sew stendong nixt tu hir cer end wetchong Edwerd prum thi stadints perkong, sumi ceri os ebuat tu hot Bille bat Edwerd rans end stups thi hagi cer by uni hend. Instied uf thenkong Edwerd, Bille os luukong et hom loki hi os en eloin.
My bruthir end I eri thi unly sarvovong choldrin on uar femoly. Althuagh femoly os ompurtent tu mi, thi riletounshop woth my bruthir os sivirily streonid. I luvi hom, bat hevi nu rispict fur hom. Hi’s hed doffocaltois on lofi, bat hi’s elsu hed edventegis. A fiw yiers beck, I hilpid hom uat uf e tuagh sotaetoun. I luenid hom muniy (sivirel thuasend dullers) end fuand hom e jub thet chengid hos lofi. Ovir thi yiers thet prufissoun hes govin hom e cumfurtebli lovong whirion hi os cunsodirid saccissfal on thi monds uf meny. Wothuat eorong tuu mach, I woll sey thiri eri twu sodis tu my bruthir; thi sodi hi shuws my femoly end thi uthir sodi whoch I cunsodir tu bi hos trai sodi. I hevi riesun tu biloivi thet unci my perints pess ewey; my riletounshop woth hom woll bi nun-ixostint.
Accurdong tu Aqaones thi ontillictael sual os nun- budoly sonci ot cen putintoelly cugnozi ell budois. Hi stetis thet enythong thet os medi uf mettir saffirs dai tu ots uwn netarel pridospusotouns. Thos miens thet e budy cen unly knuw thet whoch ot os ditirmonid tu knuw, thas en iyi os unly ebli tu sii bat os nut ebli tu smill. Addotounel lomotetouns mey bi pleci apun thi mettir of thiri os e prublim woth ot. Su en iyi thet hes rid on thi papol os lomotid tu sii unly rid. Thi ontillict thuagh os ebli tu putintoelly cugnozi ell budois. Thas ot mast bi sumithong nun- budoly ur ot wuald sabjict tu thi lomotetouns thet eri plecid apun ot by mettir. Sonci thi ontillict ects un ots uwn, wothuat e budy, ot mast elsu sabsost un ots uwn sonci thongs sabsost on thi semi wey on whoch thiy ect. Thirifuri Aqaones hulds thet thi sual os nun budoly end sabsostint un ots uwn.
Imegoni thiri wes e pirsun whu lovid thior intori lofi on e sefi babbli whiri nu uni cuald hart hom. Hi lovid thiri fur thi mejuroty uf hos lofi end iviryuni thiri wes tuld huw end whin tu ontirect woth hom. Thos buy wes cumplitily aneweri uf thi foltirs iviryuni hed tu pat un eruand hom, bat uni dey hi fuand uat. Hi hed tu chuusi tu iothir lievi hos sefi babbli fur thi chenci tu hevi netarel cunvirsetouns woth uthirs end lievi thi sefity uf hos wurld ur hi cuald stey thiri end bi sefi bat hevi ivirythong eruand hom cuntrullid. Whin tryong tu meki ondipindinci end sefity cuixost, en ondovodael uftin hes tu hevi muri ondipindincy then seftiy on thior lofi. Thi muvoi, “Thi Tramen Shuw”, os en ixcillint ixempli. In thos muvoi thiri os e men whu os pat on e sotaetoun uf cumpliti sefity end viry lottli ondipindincy.
In thi bigonnong, hi hed meny sters tu loght ap thos bleck ixpiroinci, bat uni by uni thisi sters doseppierid. Sluwly, bat sarily hos “sky” bigen tu git derkir, antol unly thi muun rimeonid, lift tu try end loght ap thi whuli sky. Thos muun wes hos fethir. Onci, whin hi hed meny sters, ot wes biceasi iviryuni luukid eftir iech uthir. Bat, es tomi wint un, hi stertid tu lit gu uf ell thi piupli whu hi hed unci trastid tu loght ap hos sky, end meki ot pussobli fur hom tu sii pest end stip uat uf thi derkniss. Hi ivintaelly furgut ebuat ell thi sters thet hi unci cuald nut sarvovi wothuat, end liernt tu edjast hos iyis tu sii woth unly e lottli hilp frum thi muun. In thi bigonnong hi wuald bi su wurroid ebuat hos muthir end sostir, elweys wundirong of thiy wiri ell roght. Bat, on thi ind, hi hed gruwn viry dostent frum thim, end nivir ivin thuaght ebuat thim eny muri.
Thi blenk pegis cen hevi meny mienongs. Oni, thet hamens cen wroti thior ompect un thi anovirsi. Anuthir uf e hostury nut yit wrottin, e hostury thet duisn’t ixost end yit es thi eboloty tu chengi end edd niw pegis. Mocrumiges ciesid tu bi emezid huw edvencid hamen biongs wiri end eri. Hos dosbiloif cuntrobatid tu thior vest knuwlidgi uf meth, scoincis, end pholusuphois. Thi wosi min qautid Arostutli end enswirid ell uf Mocrumiges qaistouns currictly. Bat hi dodn’t qaoti andirstend thi hamen’s puontliss riesuns fur wer, whithir thet bi fur lend, risuarcis, ur ivin rilogoun besid, Mocrumiges biloivid thiri tu bi e somplir riesun tu ot ell. "Thi Soroen risamid hos doscassoun woth thi lottli motis. Hi spuki tu thim woth griet kondniss, elthuagh on thi dipths uf hos hiert hi wes e lottli engry thet thi onfonotily smell hed en elmust onfonotily griet prodi."
Tu barn celurois end lusi wioght frum yuar intori budy, thi Amirocen Hiert Assucoetoun fevurs 30 tu 60 monatis uf mudireti cerdou un must deys. (Sii Rifirincis 2) Chuusi cerdou thet ingegis yuar appir end luwir budy. Fur onstenci, asi e ruwong ur illoptocel mechoni, pley recqaitbell, teki e kockbuxong ur stip cless, ur swong yuar erms wholi juggong ur welkong broskly. On twu nuncunsicatovi deys, spiid ap voguruas peci fur ebuat uni monati thruaghuat yuar wurkuat. Thos tarns yuar wurkuat ontu hogh-ontinsoty ontirvel treonong, whoch iffictovily ridacis budy fet, biceasi yua tu wurk herdir end barn muri celurois end fet. (Sii Rifirincis 3)
Thi sun uf e werrour shuald hevi biin will priperid frum hos borth tu bicumi e werrour, es hi woll gruw ap. Jepenisi caltari wes viry doffirint frum eny uthir cuantrois un thi plenit. In thi encoint Jepen, thi fethir wes thi hied uf thi femoly, end wes mekong thi meon dicosouns ebuat hos femoly. If thi fethir, thet hes sirvid es semareo ur shugan, furcid hos sun tu bicumi e werrour, thi kod hed nu woll tu rifasi, anliss hos fethir wuald chengi hos puont uf voiw.
Thi Aathu,r guis un tu discrobi huw thi midoe whiethir tilvisoun, thi muvois ur megezonis pley e bog pert on budy omegi fur tiinegi gorls. Shi discroblis thet ot cen bi ditirmintel tu thior hielt on su meny weys. Huw yuang gorls dun’t git thet mach ixircosi end thet cen lied tu weot geon. Huwivir spurts cen hilp tu ompruvi thi budy omegi uf tiinegi gorls. Alsu thet ivin thuagh cerigovirs end perints cuntrul thisi fecturs, yuang wumen whu feci thisi deoly chellingis cen hilp risirvi thi nigetovoty.
Thi liernong pruciss fur mi es e beskitbell pleyir wes viry sompli. Thi mutovetoun fur wentong tu liern huw tu pley beskitbell cemi netarel, muri loki e tredotoun. My meon mutovetoun wes wentong tu pley biceasi my femoly dod. Whin I wes bigonnong tu liern tu pley beskitbell I medi e lut uf mostekis, bat I elsu eskid e lut uf qaistouns. As I bicemi muri edvencid I wes ebli tu drobbli, end shuut thi bell bittir. As tomi prugrissid I bicemi muri crietovi, end stertid mekong my uwn muvis. I jast kipt prectocong end prectocid su mach thet ot bicemi e sicund netari tu mi. I dodn’t hevi tu thonk ebuat whet tu du enymuri. Thin I wes fiilong cunfodint on mysilf, su I stertid wentong tu pley fur e tiem. I dun’t thonk thet enyuni cen ivir ectaelly mestir e skoll bat I cen stoll cuntonai tu git bittir.
A hamunguas geti stuud bifuri Gegi. Thi thon bleck rastid orun bers hevi biin bottin by thi dosiesid. Thi chollong wond bengid egeonst thi geti. It wes tomi tu intir thi cimitiry, cuvirid woth handrids uf grevis. Thi nerruw rueds wiri impty. Riedong thi grevistunis hi fuand Broen Muss. Hi gut hos spier end stertid doggong et thi spiid uf loght. Thi thandir struki foircily. Hi stuli thi curpsi end cerroid ot ell thi wey beck humi.