Retype these sentences, making them smoother by changing the parts that are in parentheses when i was, (oh, around) eight years old, i thought it would be fun to learn to play the piano. my parents agreed to purchase a piano. they told me that i would be required to practice one hour a day, (due to the fact that) piano lessons were expensive. at first, i practiced piano for two hours each day, (with the result that) i progressed very rapidly. every day for two years i raced home (when) school (was done) and practiced the piano with great enthusiasm. then one day, something happened. i decided i liked baseball better than the piano. though i can play the piano rather well (at the present time) , i do not practice as long nor as diligently as i once did.