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My friend Brett had just got a motorbike and a lot of other kids in my neighborhood knew how to ride. I also wanted to ride, but all the guys told me I couldn’t do 1 because I was a girl. I decided 2 (prove) them wrong, so Brett let me try his bike. It wasn't one minute 3 I fell off. He came over to see if I was okay, but then started laughing.
That night I told my dad the whole story about how I wanted to be as good as the boys. He asked 4 much I really wanted to learn and I told him I had wanted to ride for a year. A few days later my dad told me he 5 (find) a nice bike at a reasonable price. He brought it home. My dad spent four weeks teaching me everything 6 I needed to know about the bike and the basics of riding. No one 7 (true) believed I could learn to ride except my dad. Day after day he worked with me, and I began to make progress. It meant so much to me that he would take time 8 his busy schedule to help me fulfill this dream.
My dad taught me so much that will stay with me for the rest of my life, 9 (include) that I shouldn’t let others put me down. I also learned that I can do anything with enough 10 (determine) and practice. I would have never achieved my dream of learning how to ride a motorbike without my dad.