Read the excerpt from “Raymond's Run.”
[My father] can beat me to Amsterdam Avenue with me having a two-fire-hydrant head start and him running with his hands in his pockets and whistling.
Squeaky’s description of her father shows readers that she
knows she will never be as fast as her father.
admires her father’s natural running ability.
wishes her father was a more serious runner.
likes that her father can beat her in a race.
