The Injury
The team loses its fastest runner
Last Tuesday, something terrible happened at practice.
We were running our usual laps around the field.
Daiki was leading the group, as always.
Suddenly, he fell down on the wet ground.
He was holding his right leg and crying in pain.
Mr. Tanaka was watching from the gate at that moment.
He ran to Daiki and knelt beside him quickly.
"My hurts a lot," Daiki said weakly.
His face was , and his hands were shaking.
We were all standing around him without any words.
An came and took Daiki to the .
That evening, the doctor examined his injured .
Daiki could not run for at least two months.
The big ekiden race was only three weeks away.
Our team lost its fastest and strongest runner.
Everyone was feeling and very sad.
"What are we going to do now?" someone asked.
Mr. Tanaka was thinking quietly in the corner.
We needed a new runner for the last part.
The last runner is called the in ekiden.
The carries the sash across the final line.
While we were talking, Mr. Tanaka looked at me.
My heart began to beat fast with sudden .