Winning






His mother told us the story the day after.
    Kenneth was in junior high school and was excited and eager about participating in a day of Special Olympics events. While his parents watched expectantly from the stands, he ran, and won, the first race. He was proud of his ribbon and the cheers from the crowd.
    He ran in the  second race. Just at the finish line, when he again would have won, he stopped, then stepped off the track. His parents gently questioned him. "Why did you do that, Kenneth? If you had continued running , you would have won another race."
    Kenneth innocently replied, "But , Mom, I already have ribbon. Billy didn't have a ribbon yet."

                                                                                 [ Story  by  Clifford and Jerie Furness]
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

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