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A group of boys were playing a game around a tall tree． They decided to see who could get to the top of the tree（1） 　　． Their mothers were sitting not far away， looking on at their children as they played．

One of the（2） 　　 was an 8﹣year﹣old boy named David． He was the（3） 　　 child in the group． Nobody thought he would（4） 　　the competition．

Then the game started． All of the boys （5） 　　their best to climb as high as they could． They all made it halfway up the tree before David did， but he reached the top of the tree fastest in the（6） 　　．

His mother was （7） 　　of his son． She asked him， "David， how did you manage to reach the top of the tree so （8） 　　？"

"It was easy．" David said， "The other children kept looking down as they climbed． When they came to （9） 　　how high they were， they got scared and were afraid of falling down． I， however， looked only up． When I saw how close I was， I kept going higher and higher（10） 　　

I reached the top．"

It is true in life that if we just keep going forward without looking back， we are more likely to reach our goals．