It was the last competition, the balance beam. I practiced and worked on my routine till I knew it frontwards and backward. I knew there was no way I would mess up my routine. And I knew I would place, possibly first place.434Please respect copyright.PENANA4X2xhVvjOM
Then, they called my name, it was my turn. When I stood up to approach the beam I thought my head was going to swirl right off my shoulders. 'What was wrong with me?' And then suddenly my limbs became heavy.
I looked around and I realized that all the people were watching me, intently. 'Do I have a rip in my gym suit or something? Maybe a booger they could see but I couldn't feel,' I wondered.
The judge nodded her head for me to start. I ran to the beam jumped, without fault, and started my routine. I was three-fourths of the way done with my flawless routine and began the famous side split. As I lowered myself to the beam to form the side splits there was the craziest sound from deep within my stomach. It almost broke my concentration, I held the pose for a second or two longer because of the pressure I could feel, way down deep.
Then it happened, as I was about to raise myself up to begin the next position and then the dismount when my stomach and lower track decided now was the time to let off some pressure. 'Oh no, this just couldn't be happening.' I let out the biggest fart, yep you read that right, in history.434Please respect copyright.PENANAeMVGdktLnA
I turned red all over, almost as red as my hair, and then fell off the balance beam. There ended my winning routine. There ended my social life. There ended my life.434Please respect copyright.PENANA8NwiIteNuq
I crawled back over to my place along with all the other athletes and just laughed. Ha, what could I do? I hung my head and laughed till I cried.434Please respect copyright.PENANA9OFRO9pRdB
The kids next to me asked what happened? Why'd did I come off the beam? Then it hit me they don't know. 'How could they not know? They must have been too far away to have heard it.'
'What about the people in the audience?' I wondered. I raised my head a little and looked at all the spectators looking at me. Some were laughing. 'I'm sure it was a sight to behold.'434Please respect copyright.PENANAPV7PE2tgXW
I didn't know what to say. Then I thought well if they didn't know then I sure wasn't going to tell them.434Please respect copyright.PENANABqd6DKoEXX
"Didn't you guys hear that? It was the largest fart I have ever heard. I can't believe you guys didn't hear it. I just couldn't help myself, it broke my concentration, then I just started laughing. Then the next thing I knew I was losing my balance and starting to fall. There was no way I could regain my composure let alone my place on the beam. I can't believe you guys didn't hear it. I sure hope we don't smell it."434Please respect copyright.PENANANfvKaPiQjQ