Lesson 4 Your Only Limit Is You
Seconds from Winning
At the go-kart race track, there are ____ people who are cheering excitedly.
The karts that are making ____ engine noises are waiting.
An official waves a ____ flag and the race starts!
Max pushes ____ foot down hard on the gas pedal as he completes his sixth lap on the track.
On the straightaway, Max ____ right beside the race’s leader, Simon.
____ year, Simon won many races, but Max’s best result in a race was coming in fifth place.
This time, he has a chance to finish second.
But ____ isn’t going to be satisfied with second place today.
The winner gets to meet the world famous racer L. J. ____
____ doesn’t want to miss the chance to meet his role model.
Max completes the tenth lap and now has five more laps to ____
Max sees Simon’s kart ahead, just out of ____ reach.
____ kart gets closer and closer to Simon’s.
It almost hits the back end ____ Simon’s kart.
They drive into the straightaway and Max presses ____ on the gas pedal.
“I can ____ up,” says Max.
Max sees the official waving a white ____ which means the last lap.
Max is right ____ Simon.
The finish line is getting closer, and the cheering from the crowd is getting ____
“I can do it!” Max says loudly.
He ____ feel his heart beating hard.
____ karts rush across the finish line. Who is the winner?
Max’s eyes are filled with tears as he finds out that ____ came in second.
“No need for ____ kid,” says a man’s voice.
____ can’t believe his eyes.
The man who is standing in front of ____ is L. J. Richards!
“Thank you, but I’m not the winner,” ____ Max.
“It was a real close ____ Even though you didn’t win the race, you did your best.
That’s the thing that counts!” says L. J. ____
____ I do my best?' thinks Max. After a moment, he smiles. “Yeah, I guess I did.”