One day, I came home and felt terrible. I tried out for the school volleyball team，
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I didn't make it. I didn't want to talk to anyone. My mother was
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and took me to visit my uncle，because he always helped us solve problems.
My uncle welcomed us and invited us for dinner. After dinner，he gave me some good advice. He said，“Tommy, I'm
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of you for your trying out for the volleyball team though you didn't make it. Do you know what I do? Every year，I make a(n)
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to try one new thing—like a new sport，a new book，or a new hobby. Trying new things can help you grow up.”
It sounded interesting. I decided to try his advice that day. I
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to take a different route(路线) to go home first. On the way，I saw some
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. They were playing baseball and it seemed very
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. I thought about what my uncle said. So I walked to the boys and played with them. It was really fun. From then on，I played with them every week.
A year
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，I finally made the school baseball team. And I'm
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having fun playing baseball with those boys every week. I found this happiness because I tried
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new.
