Danny is short and thin. Of all the boys around he is the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (瘦的) one. So he is called Bones(骨头) by his friends. He talks more and laughs louder than {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (任何人). However, he is always unhappy because he is not good at sports.

    One day, Danny watched the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (男子) marathon(马拉松赛跑) on TV. The runners didn't need to run fast and they just ran on and on. They didn't have big muscles. They were more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (像) Danny. He decided to have a try. "Boy, it's better to do a little bit each day," {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (建议) his mum. The next day, Danny started his practice. From then on he kept on {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (训练) in the park every morning.

The race day came. There were 109 runners and they were all bigger than Danny.

    They all started fast. Danny tried to keep up with {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (他们). But he fell farther and farther behind. Halfway someone got tired. Danny passed a big guy with big muscles. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (突然地) he felt like a switch had been turned on. He passed another one, then a third one ... All the runners were breathing hard and looked tired {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (除.....之外) Danny. He looked like he could run forever. At that time he didn't see

the crowds or hear them {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (欢呼). He just ran and ran. At last he raised his arms, like a champion as he crossed the ending line.