Peter is a young boy who lives in a small village in the Russian countryside. He doesn't have father or mother, so he lives with his grandfather. The people of the village asked Peter to take their sheep to the meadows. So, early in the morning, he was walking up the hill with lots of sheep around him. During the day he was looking after the sheep, was counting them, was playing his flute, was climbing up the trees and he was talking to the sheep but they didn't answer him,of course. So, he felt very lonely and bored up there in the mountains. One day he had an idea to try to have some fun. He decided to play a trick on the people of the village. He cried for help as loudly as he could: "Wolf, wolf, please help me!" Some men and women got out of their houses and ran up the hill to help Peter. But when they arrived there, there was no wolf at all. Peter laughed like crazy at the villagers but they were not very pleased with him. And they went back home. Some days later when Peter was watching over the sheep in the meadows, a real wolf appeared and attacked the sheep. The boy Tryl to fight the wolf but it became too dangerous. So Peter cried loudly for help again: "Wolf, wolf, please help me!" But this time nobody showed up. The people of the village stayed at home because they didn't believe in Peter anymore. Poor Peter, nobody helped him and he had to run to the village for help. That was a good lesson he learnt that day.
Does Peter have father or mother? What was Peter doing during the day? What trick did he decide to play on the people of the village? What did some men and women to help Peter? Why did people of the village stay at home?
Everybody knows that sport is healthy. It helps to keep fit. But what is about professional sportsmen. Are they healthy?
On one hand, professional sportsmen are full of life strong people with good health. But on the other hand, the main part of their life is the professional traumas. Everybody knows a story of one boxer, named Muhammad Ali. He was the winner of the Olympics in 1960. He won 51 out of 56 combats. He was the real master of boxing. But the price for that was very high - he got Parkinson disease at the age of 40.
Another problem is dope. Sportsmen use it to win the first places and gold medals. But they don’t know if it will bring no harm in future .For example, body builders use the steroids to gain muscles. But is it very harmful for them. They can have problems with health in future.
Sportsmen are forced to retire young. To be sportsmen is not meant to be healthy. It is a hard job. You can be popular, you can win a lot of medals, you can be rich but what you will have in future nobody knows.
