instruction:
In this task, you will be given a short story. One sentence from the story is chosen. Consider the likely emotions and basic human drives of the participants in that sentence. Does any of these states of mind/feelings motivate the participant to do what happens in that sentence? You should write your answer in the form " A >Motivates> B". Try to use phrases and sentences from the story to compose your answer when possible. For the motivation sentence, you must choose a verb from :feel(s), want(s) or like(s). There will always be some motivation in the given story.
question:
story: Lenny was laying on his couch watching TV. His cat came inside and jumped into his lap. Lenny began scratching the cat when he noticed the bugs in it's fur. He put the cat in the bathroom. Then, he quickly went out and bought some bug cream.
selected sentence: Lenny began scratching the cat when he noticed the bugs in it's fur.
answer:
Lenny want(s) to scratch the cat >Motivates> Lenny scratches the cat

question:
story: Tim wanted to be on a professional basketball team. He was not the best on his high school team but had high hopes. He practiced every day as hard as he could, year after year. His basketball team went on to winning the nationals. Tim was asked by a NBA team to play for them, and he happily accepted.
selected sentence: He practiced every day as hard as he could, year after year.
answer:
Tim feel(s) motivated >Motivates> He practices basketball

question:
story: One time in high school my friends and I went to the beach. We quickly became bored laying around in the sun. So we decided to build a giant dragon out of sand. After a couple of hours the dragon was at least twenty feet long. People from all over the beach came to look at what we made.
selected sentence: So we decided to build a giant dragon out of sand.
answer:
We feel(s) bored >Motivates> We build a giant dragon