Alan Hoyle smiled as he saw Annie, the youngest of the five children, was very steady and collected, unlike the usual fidgety self. After two minutes she finally passed one of the children, and then after another two minutes, she dropped another behind. By the time Annie crawled to the midway point, she was tied for first place with a boy looking like two years older than her.

His daughter was amazing. Thinking about it, Alan couldn't help but shout out, in spite of himself, "Go, baby, go!"

Annie gestured back with a V as well.

"Every time we used to come over, I noticed that Annie envied the kids who came with their parents. She never said it, but she just couldn't help staring at those parenting games." Olive Steele said suddenly.

"Honey..." Alan Hoyle felt guilty at Olive's sentiment as he reached out and took her in his arms.

Olive Steele smiled back, "It's okay, you’re here now."

While they were distracted, there was a sudden scream from the crowd of onlookers. They looked up further and saw Annie actually almost collided with the boy.

Both kids were trying to get the most advantageous climbing path.

Annie was like an enraged little hedgehog, "Why are you stepping on my foot!"

The boy answered her scornfully, "Is your name carved on the stone? Don't think I will go easy on

that? Don’t be a

crowd erupted in laughter as they watched with interest. Of the other three kids, two had given up, and one was still hanging on, but based on his

Steele felt both angry and funny at Annie's words. It looked like someone

don't waste

and carefully moved to the stone on the left, but through the

went, the harder it was

Steele was worried and her fingers clenched into fists

the outcome won’t matter, what matters is her participation."

Steele sighed, "This daughter of yours is usually fine, but you can tell she’s competitive."

Hoyle laughed, "That's true, I learned that long ago."

and she was quite lost

Olive Steele to wipe the sweat off her face before picking her up, "It's

"You don't understand." Annie sighed like an adult.

they left the climbing arena, Annie didn't forget to glare back at the

far before the

a large

little boy because she remembered that they were arguing on the rock wall just now, and with

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