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make the whole team look stupid.”

We didn’t think any more about it.

The track meet progressed as usual.

Finally, it came the time for the mile -

Sam’s event. The runners all lined up.

Just as the gun went off, Sam slipped

the supporter over his head and was off

with the rest. Before the first lap was

over, runners were falling like flies,

choking and gagging with mirth, as

Sam surged past them toward the front.

He placed in the top few, higher than

he ever would again, due mostly to the

fact that most of the viable competitors

were about ready to rupture something

in their fits of laughter.

When he came trotting off of the

track, to be confronted by a red-faced

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