When Sandy is a middle school student, he is tall and likes basketball very much. So he asks his P.E. teacher to let him 1 the school basketball club. Finally, the teacher says 2 .
On Sandy's 3 day in the club, he wears his favorite T-shirt and shoes. The teacher looks at him and says, "Sandy, you're new here and your job today is to 4 these basketballs." Then, the teacher goes to play 5 with the other students in the club. Sandy 6 to wipe(擦) the dirty basketballs. For fifteen minutes he does the same thing, he feels very 7 about this. Finally, he goes to the teacher and says, "I can 8 play basketball well. Why can't I 9 with the other students?" The teacher looks at the basketballs and some of them are still 10 , he says to Sandy, "It's 11 for you to wipe basketballs, but you can't do it well. How can you play basketball well before you do the small thing 12 ?" Sandy doesn't say anything, he feels very sorry and his face turns 13 .
Sandy is 26 now, and he never 14 his teacher's words. He always does small things well and works hard on basketball. Now he is a great basketball 15 in his country and he still thanks his teacher a lot.
