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He received tons of attention from not only the teachers and guys, but also the girls. Girls loved him now because he was named an all American. He soon became the most popular person in their school and soon nobody even paid any attention to any of the other athletes. It had become so bad that races took almost an hour longer just because people wanted to see and get his autograph. Of course, Eric thought that this was the coolest thing. Soon Rob, who Eric used to do everything with, became a nobody in Eric's eyes. There was no more playing sports together, no more going out and seeing movies together on weekends, no more anything. This only made Rob jealous and mad. He was happy that Eric was considered a great runner and popular but at the same time he was a nobody in everyone else's minds. Rob didn't want to hurt Eric though so he just tried to deal with it and hoped that soon Eric's fame would disappear. This didn't happen as Rob had hoped. Soon Eric was gaining even more recognition for his athletic ability and Rob was just getting more jealous. After some time Rob could not take it anymore. Rob didn't want to start a fight or anything and he knew that people weren't just going to start to think he was good or anybody else for that matter. So Rob decided that he would challenge Eric to a race. Eric, being full of pride and feeling invincible, took the challenge without even thinking about the course of the race that Rob had come up with. See Rob was a good cross-country runner while Eric was a good track runner. Rob had challenged Eric to cross country race. The race was to take place through downtown Portland. As news started to get out about the race more people began to plan their schedules around this event. On race day more than 12,000 people showed up. They were all stretched down the roads and cheering the two runners on. As normal though the race started 1 hour later than planned which meant that the race would be ending in the dark. BANG! The race had finally started but with the looks of it Rob didn't really stand a chance. Eric was flying down the streets without much effort while Rob was putting every ounce of energy he had into keeping up with Eric. After 10 minutes into the race Eric was tired of Rob keeping up so he started sprinting so that he could get Rob off of him. As Eric was getting further ahead Rob was getting slower, but as the two separated so did light and dark. The race was now going to be ran in the dark and the two still had about 4 more miles left. Rob knew that Eric didn't like to run in the dark so he started to give all the he had. Eric was now becoming scared and feeling lost. Eric began to slow down while Rob began to speed up. Soon Rob was right next to Eric again. As the race neared the end the two struggled. Rob struggled with his speed while Eric struggled with he fear. It now came to whoever wanted to race more. Rob ran for all that he was worth and just came out first by just a couple of feet. Rob was now the hero of the race, and it was a lesson well learnt for Eric. They both gained recognition as outstanding athletes and the two could then again hang out. Although Rob had only wanted equality with Eric, people began to put him on a higher pedestal. This isn't what was planned so Rob humbled himself to a lower level to not anger Eric. The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put forth my full speed. I challenge anyone here to race with me." The tortoise said quietly, "I accept your challenge." "That is a good joke," said the hare. "I could dance around you all the way." "Keep your boasting until you've beaten," answered the tortoise. "Shall we race?" So a course was fixed and a start was made. The hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise nearing the finish line, and he could not catch up in time to save the race. Bibliography: None Word Count: 860
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