For Sparky, it was all but impossible to study well at school. He never passed 1 exams in high school. After receiving a zero in the course, he thought himself as the 2 Physics student in the school's history. Sparky didn't do much better in sports either. Although he joined the school's golf team, he quickly 3 a match of the season. What's more, Sparky was not sociable. He dared not talk to others and would feel shocked if a classmate said hello to him outside of school hours.
However, one thing was 4 to Sparky—drawing. He was proud of his artworks. In his senior year of high school, he tried to send some cartoons to editors. They were 5. However, Sparky didn't give up after this unhappy experience. After graduating from high school, he wrote a letter to Walt Disney Studios. He was 6 and advised to send some of his artworks. Sparky felt so excited that he drew some cartoons and sent them. He was full of 7 and waited. Finally, the reply came from the studios. But he was rejected once again.
Then Sparky decided to write his own cartoon. In the cartoon, he described himself as a boy loser who would never fly a kite and never 8 kicking a ball.
For Sparky, the cartoon boy was himself, who always 9 at school and whose works were rejected again and again.
To his surprise, the cartoon character soon became. 10 worldwide. And he was known to the world for the popular comic strip "Peanuts".
