ThankYou,MyFriend

　　Ihaveagoodfriend.Heisahandsomeboyandhiseyesshinewithwisdom①.

　　IhaveknownhimsinceSeniorOne.WearebothinterestedinEnglish.OncebothofusenteredforanEnglishcontest②.HoweagerlyIexpectedtogetaprize!OnhearingthatIhadfailedinthecontest,Icouldhardlyholdbackmytears.“Whatapity!”Imurmuredtomyselfoverandoveragain.Ifeltthattheworldhadbecomecoldandeveryoneseemedtobelaughingatme.

　　IloveEnglishandhavegoneallouttostudyitsincemyfirstdayinthejuniormiddleschool.Ihaveevendreamedofenteringaforeignlanguageinstitute.SoIfeltverysad.

　　Justatthistime,IreceivedashortletterinEnglish,saying,“Failureisthemotherofsuccess.Cheerup!Don'tloseconfidence③.Keeponyourstudyandyouwillsucceed!”Iknewitwasfromthegoodfriendofmine.

　　Thesewordsencouragedmegreatly.Iforgotallmysadness.Fromthenon,IstudiedEnglishevenharder.InthenextEnglishcontest,Igotthefirstprize.Ofcourse,hewasdelightedwithmysuccess.

　　Iamveryluckytohavesuchagoodfriend.I'mthankfultohimforhishelp.