
Lele loved ping-pong and dreamed of winning a big match. One day, he was to join the school ping-pong team, but he was worried about the big competition. After school, he went to visit his grandpa. They talked and Grandpa gave Lele a . It was a trophy that Grandpa had won in a ping-pong competition when he was at school. “Wow! Thank you, Grandpa!” Lele said . He felt confident the trophy would bring him luck.
The day of the competition arrived. Lele’s grandpa came to cheer. Lele was really , so he put the trophy on a bench where he could see it. The competition began. He felt and confident and did so well that he got into the final. Just as the final round was about to start, he couldn’t see the trophy. Lele in fear. The match began, but Lele couldn’t focus his attention. Then he heard his grandpa , “Come on. Lele! You can do it!”
He said to himself, “I can do this with or without the trophy!” Suddenly he felt strong again. He looked at his opponent (对手) and served a ball. Finally, Lele won the match.
Lele the trophy under the bench. It was there all the time! Then he thought maybe he had only won the match because of Grandpa’s trophy. He ran over and asked Grandpa. Grandpa laughed, “Lele, you won because you tried your best. It was , but you did it! Now go and get your own trophy. You deserve (应得) it!”
Finally, Lele had won his own ping-pong trophy!