A Physical Training Lesson

My name is Philip. I have a dog, and his name is Benjy. He is brown and not very big, but he has long ears. In the morning Benjy, some other children, and I meet in the yard of our house and then go to school.

One morning our first lesson was PE. It was warm in early autumn, so we had our lesson at the sports ground. During the lesson we ran and jumped. At the end of the lesson we played games. The teacher watched us, showed our mistakes, corrected them, and gave us marks.

In the middle of the lesson one of the exercises was to run around the sports ground. All my friends were good runners. I ran very well too. I knew I was the best sportsman in the class. My picture was on the wall near the gym door.

We ran very quickly. I ran in front of the other boys all the time. Soon I finished. My friends and I went to the teacher. I wanted to hear the teacher say to me, “Very good.” But the teacher looked down, picked Benjy up, held him above our heads, and said to him, “Bravo! You are the first sportsman in the class.”

For me, that was a very good lesson — a PE lesson.