Well, I’ve broken a lot of things during my life, especially expensive things. And I’m going to tell about one story about it. When I was a kid, just 5 or 6 years old, I was playing in the street with my friends. And I accidentally kicked the ball in the wrong way, which went into the car, the expensive car, the window of the expensive car. I was really scared at that time because, as I mentioned before, I was only 5 or 6 years old boy. I immediately started crying after this. And when I saw the driver of this car, I said to myself, it was over. I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t just move. I was only crying at the corner of the street. And when the driver pointed to me, I was really scared. And I went to him and he told me that everything is OK. He was going to sell this car whenever. I was really surprised to hear that. I cried more. On the other hand, I was really happy because I didn’t have money for repairing it. But when I went to home and told all the stories to my mother, she of course punched me. But I was really happy. I think this situation was one of the best situations in my life. Whenever I remember it, I always smile and I always laugh with my friends.
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Well, I've broken a lot of things during my life, especially expensive things. And I'm going to tell you one story about it. When I was a kid, just 5 or 6 years old, I was playing in the street with my friends. I accidentally kicked the ball the wrong way, and it went into an expensive car, breaking the window. I was really scared at that time because, as I mentioned before, I was only a 5 or 6-year-old boy. I immediately started crying after this. When I saw the driver of the car, I thought it was over. I couldn't do anything. I just stood there crying at the corner of the street. When the driver pointed at me, I was really scared. I went to him, and he told me that everything was okay. He said he was going to sell the car anyway. I was really surprised to hear that. I cried more. On the other hand, I was really happy because I didn't have money to repair it. But when I went home and told the whole story to my mother, she, of course, scolded me. But I was really happy. I think this situation was one of the best experiences in my life. Whenever I remember it, I always smile and laugh with my friends.
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