The day finally came to Eric to try his new roller skates he got for his birthday. Eric is short for his age with dark brown hair and he always smiles when he talks. It was Friday so he woke up at 9 o'clock in the morning, brushed his teeth, got dressed and went to find his mother and tell her about his skates. His mother was in the kitchen making sandwiches.
"You're not going anywhere without having breakfast," said Eric's mother smiling.
Eric's mother is a jovial woman and always looked easy on everything. Eric thought he could be easy on everything too.
"O.K." said Eric as he got hold of the plate that had a tuna sandwich in it.
When Eric got out of the kitchen, his mother started making more sandwiches for the rest of the family. Eric sat down on the dinning table nearby the kitchen and started eating his breakfast.
"Mom it's so YUMMY!" He said to his mother.
When he finished eating he got up, got his roller skates and came back to his mother and said, "Can I go now?"
"Yes, of course. Have fun!" she replied in a kind voice.
Eric rushed to the door and wore his boots. As he wore his boots he looked at the clock.
"9:15! Oh No!" Eric panicked remembering that he was going skating with his friends too.
Without saying goodbye to his mother he went on running on the streets, park and the main roads. Finally he reached the parks where his friends were skating.
"You are late!" His friends said. "Hurry up and come. We are playing "Touch The Person"." One of his friends yelled. It was Eric's turn to "touch" so he got into his roller skates quickly.
After playing for a while, Eric realized that he kept falling every time he tried to skate but not his friends. When he thought he could not skate, he got out of his skates and came running home. Weeping, he dropped his skates beside him and Eric sat on the carpet of grass out in his mother's garden. His mother came rushing out of the door to him when she heard the weeping of her son. She asked what the matter was.
"Something is wrong with my roller skates. I keep falling and I don't know what to do." Eric cried.
Eric's mother gave out a little giggle and said "Skating takes a little practice. Nothing is wrong with your roller skates."
"One thing is Eric, the skates could not keep your balance, because you did not learn to keep your balance in the right way yet." Explained his mother.
"The other one is that you don't use the safety breaks properly." She said pointing to the safety breaks under the roller skates.
"Oh! So now I know. I always need to practice my skating so I could skate perfectly like my friends." Said Eric, excitingly.
"Yes! And if you practice the whole weekend I'm sure you would be proud of yourself the next time you meet your friends" Replied his mother.
He cannot wait to see how much his friends would be surprised of his skating when he practices.
After a whole weekend practice he was ready to show off his friends what he learned. He went to the park and started skating with his friends. It was Eric's turn to skate.
When Eric was skating, his friends came up to him.
"You are so good today!" cried one of his three astonished friends.
"How did you learn all this in a week?" asked the second one.
"We never missed a trick!" cried the third one.
"With practice and determination anybody can be good at anything in the world!" Said Eric proudly.
He felt so good of himself he cannot wait to go home and tell his mother what happened.
MORAL: Practice Makes Everything Perfect!
WHAT YOU NEED.
