seven years old

years had passed since the conversation with his mom.

Justin used to come to James' house every week.

In James' family, he was the only one living in the house after his parents died in an accident.

James spent most of his time singing and playing music.

One week before the competition started, he was selected as the only kid from his area who could participate.

The whole neighborhood was excited because the competition was happening that weekend.

Families like the Brunos, Taylors, and Selenas, along with his friends, were all thrilled.

The competition would have three judges who would give advice and score the performances from 0 to 10.

There were 20 participants and 1,000 spectators.

The event wasn't expensive, but it had a strong reputation in Texas.

Due to Justin participating in this competition, they gave priority to selling tickets to participants' families.

With 20 participants, each having 5 minutes to perform, the total performance time would be 100 minutes (1 hour and 40 minute).

With an additional 20 minutes for miscellaneous activities, the show would last a full 2 hours.

The prizes were $1,000 for first place, $800 for second, and $500 for third.

Because it was a kids' competition, they put up a substantial amount of money.

After a week of practice, they arrived at the music hall.

Justin was very excited to perform for the first time.

At the back of the hall, all the kids were nervous about the competition.

Justin was very nervous too.

Even if he had the soul of an inexperienced old man, he would still be nervous.

The event started with the audience being full, and the judges were present.

The competition management had everyone pick a ball with a number on it.

As everyone picked their numbers, Justin picked his ball and saw it was number 18.

Justin then handed the ball to the staff who were recording the numbers and names.

Then every kid performed normally; only two or three kids were nervous and made mistakes.

When Justin turned arrived, he was nervous because there were many people there.

James noticed that Justin was nervous because he himself also felt nervous in front of many people.

James said, "Justin, play the violin like you normally do. Remember that you practiced for many hours."

Justin replied, "Uh-huh."

Justin then started smiling cutely.

When the host introduced Justin Bieber, many people were sleepy from listening to the kid's violin performance.

which was not bad, but sitting there for hours made them sleepy.

Many people found Justin, who was nervous, very cute because he was wearing a black suit given to him by James so he could play music.

***Find a cute photo of a kid in a suit.***

Then the judges asked Justin some questions.

Judge no.1: "What is your age, Justin?" (The judge knew the name of Justin from the host when he was calling Justin)

Justin: "Umm, 7 years old."

Judge no.2 (a girl): "You're very cute and have a sweet voice."

Justin: "Umm, thank you."

Judge no.3: "Justin, are you playing an original song?"

Justin: "Yes, it's original, with the help of my teacher."

Judge no.1: "Justin, you can start."

Then Justin played a very catchy piece on the violin, which made the sleepy audience very excited about the song.

It's a violin cover of "Believer," which you can find on YouTube.

*** End **"