It was the day of May 23. The flowers were blossoming and the birds were chirping. The trees were swaying in unison with the cool breeze. The kids were coming out of school, happy it was their last day, laughing and playing as their parents were talking. Most of the students were talking about the run and were wondering what they ran the mile in. Henry was not wondering, he was running home to drop off his backpack and start running.
Henry Taylor loved to run, he would go out every day and run at least 3 miles every day after school. When the annual race was posted on the school sign-up sheet, Henry knew that the loser would have something bad happen to them, but he did not know what. They change the consequence each year. Last year the loser had their arm and leg cut off. They do the race to show everyone to stay fit and run, and to not be lazy. He did not care he was still the first one to sign up. His friend, Donny Lee, was second he was Henry's best friend, but his enemy in running. Therefore, when Donny runs and sees Henry running in front of him Donny always tries to run faster than him.
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