It was mid-game and i felt energized. i saw the ball making its way toward me and went in for it. richard neeland had the ball. i ran up and kicked it through his legs. a surge of adrenaline ran through me. i could hear all of my teammates screaming my name in excitement. but before i knew it, i was flat on my face, grass in my eyes and up my nose. richard had tripped me. —"i'm not thirteen yet," amy bernstein what about this passage shows that it might be a personal narrative? it describes a sporting event. it is narrated by a character in the story. it does not name the writer. it contains several characters.