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I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so1 as she muscled her way
through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was2 the street from our home and
I would often  3  the kids as they played during breaks.
I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in4 as she ran circles around
the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just5  their heads and into the net. The boys
always tried to stop her but nobody could.
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone. She would practice
dribbling(运球)and shooting over and over again, sometimes6  dark. One day I asked her
why she practiced so much. She looked me in eyes and without a moment of7 she said, "I
want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship. I like basketball. I  8  
that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I
want to be the best. My9 told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count." Then she
smiled and ran towards the court to repeat the routine.
Well, I had to admit that she was10 . I watched her through those junior high years and into
high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.
One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in arms. I walked across the
street and sat down in the cool grass beside her.11 I asked what was wrong. "Oh, nothing,"
came a soft reply. "I am just too12 ." The coaches (教练) told her that at 5'5" she would
probably13get to play for a top ranked team- much less offered a scholarship - so she should
stop dreaming about college.
She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I14her disappointment. I asked her
if she had talked to her dad about it yet.
She15 her head from her hands and told me that her father said those16 were wrong. They
just did not understand the17 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a
good college and if she truly wanted a scholarship, nothing could stop her except one thing-her
own18 . He told her again, "If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count."
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she
was seen by a college basketball coach. She was indeed offered a19 , and admitted to the college
team. She was going to get the college education that she had20 of and worked toward for all
those years.
It's true: If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.

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