On Friday, Tove played in a school soccer game. Her team wore green. She played in defense. She liked to kick the ball far.
星期五，托芙参加了学校的足球赛。她的队伍穿绿色球衣。她踢后卫。她喜欢把球踢得远远的。
Later, a girl from the other team ran at her. The ball came fast. Tove kicked it hard. It flew past her goalkeeper and into her own goal.
后来，对方队的一个女孩朝她冲过来。球飞得很快。托芙用力一脚踢了出去。球从她们的守门员身边飞过，进了自己的球门。
For a moment, nobody spoke. Then the other team shouted. The score was one to zero.
有那么一会儿，谁也没说话。然后对方队的人大喊起来。比分是一比零。
Tove's face went red. She wanted to hide. Her teammates ran to her. One girl laughed. "Nice shot! Wrong goal!" she said.
托芙的脸涨得通红。她想找个地方躲起来。队友们跑到她身边。一个女孩笑了。“好球！可惜进错门了！”她说。
Tove laughed too. Another girl said, "It happens to everyone."
托芙也笑了。另一个女孩说：“谁都会遇到这种事。”
They lost the game by one goal. Tove felt bad, but she did not cry.
她们以一球之差输了比赛。托芙心里难受，但没有哭。
After school, she went to the field. She put a ball on the grass. She kicked it at the wall again and again. Before each kick, she looked up and checked the goal.
放学后，她去了球场。她把一个球放在草地上。她一遍又一遍地把球踢向墙壁。每次踢球前，她都先抬头看看球门。
Her brother stood in goal for her. "Again," he said. She kicked a hundred balls that week.
她哥哥替她站在球门前。“再来。”他说。那一周，她踢了一百个球。
On Friday, the same team came back. Near the end, a girl ran at the goal. Tove ran too. She put out her foot and stopped the ball.
星期五，还是那支球队又来了。比赛快结束时，一个女孩冲向球门。托芙也跑了过去。她伸出脚，拦住了球。
She looked up first. Then she kicked it far away, out of the field.
她先抬起头看了一眼。然后她把球远远地踢出了场外。
"Nice stop!" her goalkeeper shouted.
“拦得好！”她们的守门员喊道。
