Horrid Henry's Sports Day (story)

"Horrid Henry's Sports Day" is a short story by American author Francesca Simon.
==Plot==
It is Sports Day at school, and Henry is not looking forward to it, as he hates running around, and he always loses races. Peter is in charge of bringing the eggs for the egg-and-spoon race, and Henry, sick and tired of Peter talking about it, decides to swap the hard-boiled eggs that Peter is taking with a fresh carton of eggs. At Sports Day, Henry is partnered with Moody Margaret for the three-legged race, but due to their squabbling, they ruin the race for everyone else. During the egg-and-spoon race, everyone drops their eggs, which smashed. Peter is sent to the Head's office when Miss Battle-Axe finds out that he brought the eggs. Henry has a good day after that, but he wishes that he could truly win something. Then, during Henry's least favourite race, the cross country run, Henry has a brilliant idea. As the race starts, Henry distracts the other runners by throwing sweets down onto the track. Henry ends up winning the race, just beating the fastest boy in his class, Aerobic Al. At home, Peter is very upset because he was disqualified, but Henry says something that Peter said to him earlier: it's not winning that counts, it's how you play the game.
==Characters==
*Miss Battle-Axe
*Horrid Henry
**Horrid Cowboy
*Perfect Peter
*Aerobic Al
*Lazy Linda
*Moody Margaret
*Sour Susan
*Tidy Ted
*Greedy Graham
*Mum (not seen)
*Dad (not seen)
*Rude Ralph (not seen)
*Weepy William (not seen)
*Dizzy Dave (not seen)
*Beefy Bert (not seen)
*Al's Dad (not seen)
*Margaret's Mum (not seen)
*Ralph's Dad (not seen)
*Spotless Sam (does not speak)
*Jolly Josh (mentioned)
*Clever Clare (mentioned)
*Mrs Oddbod (mentioned)
*Goody-Goody Gordon (referenced)
*Anxious Andrew (referenced)
==Behind the Scenes==
"Horrid Henry's Sports Day" was written by Francesca Simon and features art from Tony Ross.
==Appears In==
*Horrid Henry Strikes it Rich (1997)
*Horrid Henry's Big Bad Book (2004)
Category:Stories