ron was a fif*-year-old *ager, a tenth-grade student at granger high school. it was * day, and he was the only sopho*1 suiting up with the varsity team. excitedly, he invited his mother to attend. it was her very first football *, and she promised to be there with s*ral of her friends. the * finally ended, and she was waiting outside the locker2 room to drive ron home.
"what did you think of the *, mom? did you see the three touchdown passes our team made and our tough defense3, and the fumble4 on the kickoff return that we recovered?" he asked.
his mother replied, "ron, you were magnificent. you have such presence, and i was proud of the pride you took in the way you looked. you pulled up your knee socks el*n times during the *, and i could tell you were perspiring5 in all those bulky pads because you got eight drinks and splashed water on your face twice. i really like how you went out of you way to pat number nine*, number five and number ninety on the back *ry time they came off the field."
"mom, how do you know all that? and how can you say i was magnificent? i didn't *n play in the *."
his mother smiled and hugged him. "ron, i don't know anything about football. i didn't come here to watch the *. i came here to watch you!"
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