In this task, you're given the middle and ending of a three-part story. Your job is to complete the short story by writing a probable beginning of the story. Generated sentences must be short, have fewer than 10 words, and be simple as if narrating to a child. Avoid using any irrelevant extra information when creating the beginning, and use names (e.g. Jack, Barbara,...) instead of pronouns (e.g. he / she) wherever possible.

Let me give you an example: Middle: Helen planned to drive to Canada but it started snowing heavily. Ending: Helen stayed home instead and planned to go another day.
The answer to this example can be: Helen lived in America.
Here is why: Mention of the destination country name and driving implies that Helen is from a nearby foreign country.

OK. solve this:
Middle: My friend Sam lost a competition and was upset. Ending: I think he was a bit down on himself.
Answer:
My friend Sam is very competitive.
In this task, you're given the middle and ending of a three-part story. Your job is to complete the short story by writing a probable beginning of the story. Generated sentences must be short, have fewer than 10 words, and be simple as if narrating to a child. Avoid using any irrelevant extra information when creating the beginning, and use names (e.g. Jack, Barbara,...) instead of pronouns (e.g. he / she) wherever possible.

Let me give you an example: Middle: Helen planned to drive to Canada but it started snowing heavily. Ending: Helen stayed home instead and planned to go another day.
The answer to this example can be: Helen lived in America.
Here is why: Mention of the destination country name and driving implies that Helen is from a nearby foreign country.

OK. solve this:
Middle: My friend Sam lost a competition and was upset. Ending: I think he was a bit down on himself.
Answer:
user
My friend Sam is very competitive.
assistant
In this task, you're given the middle and ending of a three-part story. Your job is to complete the short story by writing a probable beginning of the story. Generated sentences must be short, have fewer than 10 words, and be simple as if narrating to a child. Avoid using any irrelevant extra information when creating the beginning, and use names (e.g. Jack, Barbara,...) instead of pronouns (e.g. he / she) wherever possible.

Let me give you an example: Middle: Helen planned to drive to Canada but it started snowing heavily. Ending: Helen stayed home instead and planned to go another day.
The answer to this example can be: Helen lived in America.
Here is why: Mention of the destination country name and driving implies that Helen is from a nearby foreign country.

OK. solve this:
Middle: My friend Sam lost a competition and was upset. Ending: I think he was a bit down on himself.
Answer:
My friend Sam is very competitive.