Chunchu got a Prize

Yesterday, Chunchu had a poetry recital competition at her school. The poem was supposed to be in Hindi and at least 8 lines long. So I chose "Chunnu Munnu the do bhai..." for her.
She liked it so much that she got the hang of it within a couple of days. She practised and really recited it nicely. But she was not able to say 'rasgulla'. Anyway she sounded cute with her mispronunciation.
So, yesterday she stood on a stage and recited the poem into a mike, in front of everyone at school. I was secretly worried she would be too shy to do that, but she surprised me. And she was very happy when she returned home. She told me how everything happened. She said everyone had applauded her after her performance, so she felt very glad. Well, I felt proud of her!
Today, her teacher informed us that she had won the second prize and would be receiving the same on stage on her school's Annual day function. I almost cried with pride. I felt so happy. Such little achievements of a child matter so much to parents! But sadly, she did not share my enthusiasm. Rather, she started crying why she did not come first!!!! I had to convince her that even second was good and that she did very well; and that I was so proud of her. After a while, I realized she did not understand that second was next to first. So then I told her second means being number 2 out of many children at her school. Then, she felt fine. But still, she kept insisting she wanted to be first. So I told her that she could try harder next time for a first prize :-)
This is Chunchu's first ever win and I feel glad. I wish there would be many such occasions in life when I can be proud of her, and she could be proud of herself too.