Thirteen,for me,was a challenging year.My parents divorced a

Thirteen,for me,was a challenging year.My parents divorced and I moved to a new town with my father,far from my old family and friends.I was terribly lonely mad would cry myself to sleep each night.To ease my sadness,my father purchased an old horse for me at a local auction.I named him Cowboy.
Cowboy was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world.But I didn’t care.I loved him beyond all reason.
I joined a riding club and suffered rude comments and mean snickers about Cowboy’s looks.I never let on about how I felt,but deep inside,my heart was breaking.The other members rode beautiful,registered horses.
When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse is judged on appearance,we were quicklyshown the gate.No amount of preparation and love would turn Cowboy into a beauty.My only chance to compete would be in the speed events.I chose the jumping race.
One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events.She always won the blue ribbons.Needless to say,she didn’t feel threatened when I competed against her at the next show.She didn’t need to.I came in next to last.
The stinging memory of Becky’s smirks made me determined to beat her.For the whole next month I woke up early every day and rode Cowboy five miles to the arena(赛马场).We practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home totally exhausted.
All of our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came.I sat at the gate and sweated it out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the course and finish in first place.
My turn finally came.I put on my hat,rubbed Cowboy’s neck and entered the arena.At the signal,we dashed toward the first fence,jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one.Cowboy then flew over the second,third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line.
As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence.Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!
I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day.At thirteen,I realized that no matter what the odds,I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it.
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十三,对我来说,是充满挑战的一年.我的父母离婚了,我跟我父亲移居到一个新的城镇,远离我的老的家人和朋友.我寂寞得可怕的狂哭自己每天晚上睡觉.为了减轻我的悲伤,我的父亲购买了老马,我在当地的拍卖.我叫他牛仔,牛仔毫无疑问的,在世界最丑陋的马.但我也没在意.我爱他超越一切的原因.我加入了一个骑马俱乐部遭受粗鲁的评论,意味着窃笑关于牛仔的长相.我从来没有让我觉得如何,但在内心深处,我的心被打破.其他成员骑着美丽的,注册的马匹.当我和牛仔马外观上判断进入的事件,我们很快就被门.再多的准备和爱会变成牛仔成beauty.My的唯一的机会,竞争将在高速事件.我选择了跳比赛.一个女孩名叫贝基骑着一匹棕色的大赛事.她总是赢得蓝丝带.不用说,她并没有感到威胁时,我对她的竞争下届展会.她并不需要.我排在倒数第二.刺痛内存贝基的冷笑让我决定对她进行殴打.对于整个下个月,我醒来的时候每天早,骑牛仔竞技场（赛马场）五英里.我们小时在烈日下奔跑和跳跃练习,然后我会走牛仔家里完全耗尽.我们努力工作并没有让我感到有信心的时候演出来了.我在门口坐着,累得大汗淋漓,而我看了贝基和她的马负责通过课程和完成在首位.轮到我终于来到了.我把我的帽子上,擦牛仔的脖子,进入竞技场.信号,我们冲向第一道栅栏,跳不麻烦,到下一个比赛.牛仔然后飞越第二,第三和第四栅栏像一只鸟,我拒绝了他冲向终点.正如我们越过了线的人群惊讶得说不出话.牛仔和我曾殴打贝基和她看中的马两秒!我获得了远远超过一条蓝色的丝带的那一天.十三岁时,我才意识到,不管是什么胜算,我总是一个胜利者,如果我想要的东西,严重足以为它工作