Pete did not like to lose any game. His parents, teachers, and friends said he did not know how to lose. He did not like losing even at simple games. It was so great, and he felt so good when he won. He never wanted to stop that feeling; not for anything in the world. He thought that losing was the worst thing in the world. If there was a game Pete was not good at, he simply did not play it. But he took part in any game when he could win, even if the game only lasted a minute. And nobody could stop him playing the things he was really good at, like table football.
A new boy started at Pete’s school, and his name was Albert. Albert was a wonderful table football player.
One day they wanted to play table football together. Pete was training very hard. Albert, on the other hand, did not think much about the game. He was talking to friends, smiling and making jokes about all sorts of things. But on the football table, Albert was really brilliant. He scored goals again and again, laughing and joking all the time. However, Albert did not pay attention to the match. And Pete decided to cheat. When Albert was looking at the other side, Pete changed the scoreboard. Albert did not notice it, and so Pete won by cheating. Pete made a big thing of his win, but Albert was not sad.
“It was fun. We should play again some other time”, said Albert.
On that day, people at school talked much about the game. But, that night, Pete did not feel happy. He won, but he did not enjoy so much. What’s more, Albert did not feel bad about losing.
And, what was the worst thing, the next day Pete saw Albert playing basketball. He played badly and he lost time after time. But that happy smile never left his face. Pete watched the new guy for several days. He was great at some things, terrible at others but he enjoyed everything all the time. Pete began learning that to enjoy a game you must not only win. You can win or lose. What you must do is enjoying the game, trying to do well, and enjoying each moment of it.
Finally, Pete started telling jokes when he was playing games. The only sad thing for him was when a game finished. Soon the older children started saying: “Good player is that Pete. He is sure not a loser.”

Jimmy was a very fat boy. He was always sad because of his weight. So, he decided to visit a doctor.
He said to the doctor: “How can I lose my weight? Everybody laughs at me at school.”
The doctor told him to do exercises every day. After few days, he again went to the doctor and said: “I did exercises every day but I didn’t lose my weight.”
The doctor asked him what exercises he did. Jimmy replied: “I go for horse riding every day. The result is that I have had more weight and the horse has lost weight.”
The doctor laughed and showed him how to exercise.