Raymond's Run Squeaky

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Raymond's Run

Being the fastest runner in the neighborhood required overcoming many challenges especially for a girl names Squeaky. Many people disbelieving in her, being rude to her older brother Raymond who is disabled. Squeaky’s determination in proving them wrong increases as she works as hard as she can to achieve her goals.

In the story “Raymond’s Run” Squeaky, the main character who is the fastest runner in her town states, “There is no track meet that I don’t win the first place medal.” Usually, when people are good at certain things they often don’t talk about it so it doesn’t seem like “bragging” but Squeaky’s determination and pride in what she does does not allow her to worry about what other people think about her. In other

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