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It's not easy to be an astronaut's son.
Everybody expects you to be special or perfect. I often wonder how my father
ever had a son like me. I mean he's so special and so good at everything he
does. Even in middle school he was the class president and captain of the
football team.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about
being some kind of hero or doing something special-like saving a child from a
burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one
morning when my teacher said there would be a Father's Day writing competition
for the whole school. "I hope we have a winner right here in my class, "she
said.
When I got home, I started to think about
what to write .My father is an astronaut. No, I wouldn't start like that. That
was the way others saw him. What did I think of my father?
I saw him sitting with me in the dark when
I had a terrible dream. I remembered how he hugged me for hours when my dog
Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To
me, he wasn't just a world-famous astronaut. He was my dad.
My parents and I went to school on Thursday
night. There were so many people in the big hall！My
dad looked at me, and I shrugged(耸肩).
The third prize was announced and it was
not me. I was relieved(释然的)and disappointed at the
same time. The second prize was announced. It was me.
I went up to the stage and read what I had
written "My father's son..."When I finished, the people stood up and
cheered. I saw my father blowing his nose. Tears were running down my mother's
face. Dad cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder. He said, "Son,
this is the proudest moment of my life."
It was the proudest moment of my life too.
Maybe I'll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it is enough just to
be my father's son.
