Julia loved to cycle around the neighborhood every evening. She
would race ___1___ the
neighborhood children. The children would challenge one another
as to ___2___ would reach
the imaginary finishing line at the end of the road. The
children would paddle as fast as they could, each wheel turning
___3___ endless circles.
Today, Julia can only ___4___
at the front door of her house and watch the other children ___5___
their hearts out as they try to outdo each other in the race. It
___6___ not too long ago
that Julia was among them, the heroine in most races. But fate
___7___ cruelly robbed her
of those triumphant moments.
Julia came down with a high fever a few months ago which ___8___
her paralyzed from the waist downwards. Numerous ___9___
to clinics, hospitals and traditional medicine men could not
make her ___10___ again. The
doctors diagnosed that a virus had attacked her spinal cord and
damaged the nerves there. Julia will be bedridden for the rest
of her life. |