Hooray! It’s a Holiday! Read the story and answer the questions.Summer CampHello, my name is Ali. I study in the fifth grade, like you. In June, my class and our teacher went camping in the forest. It was amazing. First, we put a big tent on the ground where we slept at night. Then, we collected wood to make fire. Alex and Alisha went fishing. In the evening we cooked dinner. We sang songs and played board games.The next morning, we went hiking. It was so interesting there. We saw so many squirrels and different birds. Kay was looking through the binoculars and Peter was writing all the names of birds into a notebook. It was our home task to write all the animals that we saw. I think it was a very interesting holiday.When did they go camping? What was their home task? ​

I like one good proverb: "In sports and journeys men are known." I believe it means that sport which person plays can show who this person is and tell a lot about his inner–world.

There are so many kinds of sport: football, basketball, and hockey for active team players; ice–skating, running or track and fields for hard–working individuals and even chess and other intellectual kinds of sport. So you only need to find yours.  

Personally, I think that sport is as important to me as education. I’m convinced that the sound mind is in a sound body. Therefore, I’m trying to keep fit by different means. I like different active team games in summer. I can play beach volleyball or tennis with my friends. In winter I prefer going to the gym or some kinds of winter sports as ice–skating or snowboarding. This is great fun. In spring and autumn when the weather is good I love jogging in the park enjoying the nature around.  

However, there is one sport that brings me the most of the pleasure. It’s horse–riding. I have been doing this kind of sport for only 2 years, but I’m already quite good at it. There is a small school of horse–riding not far away from the town where I live. There are not many horses, but I need only one. Its nickname is Lucky and I have been riding it since early beginning of my training. I like the coach too. She teaches me to take care of horses and to communicate with them.

Unfortunately, this kind of sport is expensive and I don’t have an opportunity to do it on a regular basis. Nevertheless, when I’m riding I feel a great influence of this animal. It’s not just a kind of sport but a kind of psychotherapy that gives you spiritual balance.

So, I can recommend trying this sport for sure, because it’s appropriate for everyone and it’s more than just physical activity.