The Spring Cup

"Getting things or winning isn't really important. Being happy is important." (P.22 L.8~9)

 I read The Spring Cup, a level 3 book in the Helbling Readers. The main character is Caroline. She is a good rider and her horse is a great horse. She always does her best, but it's difficult for her to win a competition because there is another good rider. Sophie is good at riding horse and she always win the competition. Caroline's parents want her to win the competition, then they always tell her about winning. One day her father said her to sell her horse if she can't win. She is very sad because she loves her horse. Caroline's young brother listen to their talk and he thought he want to help her. At the day of the competition, he does insincere things for Sophie's horse. Because of his bad behavior, Caroline can win the competition and get the big gold trophy. But it isn't right things. Later, she find that her brother did bad things for Sophie. She don't want to win the competition by the insincere way. So, She decide to tell Sophie the true things. If she told her true things and her father find that she didn't win, she may not stay with her favorite horse. It is a sad thing for her. She is a very honest girl. I respect her behavior. Being honest is good, I think. Does Sophie forgive Caroline? Can Caroline compete with Sophie with her horse? I think winning is not the most important things in my life. There are any important things in my life. For example, spending time with my family and friends happily. This book is the best in our literature circle! Please try this!