How to randomly select items from a list for random times

 mal = ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g"]
num_to_select = randint(1,4)                
list_of_random_items = random.sample(mal , num_to_select)
first_random_item = list_of_random_items[0]
second_random_item = list_of_random_items[1] 
print(second_random_item)
print(first_random_item)

I searched some questions here and tried to edit a bit but doesnt work.

I want to select random items for random times like;

python randomly chose the number 4

printed randomly 4 items from list

Thank you.