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The rest of us gathered around. “Are you feeling
all right?” Lenny asked.

Skip looked at us and shrugged. “Sure. Why
wouldn’t I be?”

Just then Coach stepped into the room, and Skip
darted around behind the weight machine. “Hey, is this
a speech class?” Coach bellowed. “I thought I sent you
in here to lift weights. Well, if you aren’t going to do
that, you can all head out to the track and run a mile.”
Everyone groaned. “And if I catch anybody walking,”
Coach continued, “it will be two miles tomorrow.”

Coach turned and headed back to his office, and
Skip came out from behind the weight machine. “You
don’t have to be scared of Coach,” Lenny said to him.
“He’s got a big bark, but he’s okay.”

“What makes you think I’m scared of him?” Skip
asked.

We all just looked at each other, and Lenny
shrugged. We made our way through the gym, heading
on our way out to the track. As we reached the outside
door, Skip paused. He warily looked out as the rest of
us continued on to the track. Suddenly, Skip took off
out the door, running full speed past us. When he

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