Legs

by Joy Chen

As far as the same pair of legs are concerned, different people have different views.

When I was an elementary school student, I was so thin that my legs were like firewood. My physical education teacher felt sorry for my legs and encouraged me to run more often. Therefore, I participated in the sports team and became one of the athletes. Once, in an important game, I fell. Then, we lost the game. My P.E. teacher said to us that he shouldn't have let me run in the game since my legs were too thin to support my whole body. Besides, it seemed that I would be blown away by a strong wind. He kept blaming himself for a pretty long time. I was sorry for that.

However, when I went to junior high school, I was surprised because every girl in my class envied me for having a pair of thin legs. I still couldn't accept the idea that my legs were beautiful until I became a senior high school student. The leader of the honor guards once talked to me about how perfect her body would be if she had a pair of legs like mine.

My legs won admiration not only from females but also from males. One day, I happened to meet a friend after playing basketball. At that time, I was wearing short pants. He came to me and told me I was like a boy in this way. However, several days later, his eyes lit up at seeing my beautiful legs. The difference was that I was wearing short skirts then.

Right now, many people still consider my legs pretty. However, because of mountaineering, they have become stronger than before. Therefore, some friends suggested kindly that it might be better for me not to mountaineer so often. But I don't care, since my legs are born for me to enjoy walking, running, and mountaineering. Besides, what is pretty is a subjective point of view. I wouldn't want to please everyone's taste and give up my own interest--mountaineering. By the way, though they are not so pretty than before in others' sight, I still love them very much. Moreover, I still like to wear short pants and skirts because they are my beloved legs.

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