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I don't think I can win the race Tim told his parents over breakfast. His mother asked "Why not?" but his father was silent. Tim knew his father didn't believe he could be a racer: only last year, he had sent Tim to a doctor to ask why his son wasn't a better runner. The doctor told him Tim could be anything he wanted to be, and maybe he didn't like to run.

Tim, who had always preferred a good book to P.E. class, wanted to show his family that he really could be what they wanted him to be, so he spent his allowance on a pair of green running shoes and signed up for his school's Spring Fun Run.

Tim answered, "I'm going to try to win, but Angela is so quick! No one ever beats her at recess."

"Well, we'll be there for you, either way" his mother said.

Tim took an apple and walked to the bus. Since the race was after school today (school was letting out at 3:00 today, instead of 3:15), he knew he would be too nervous to think about anything else until it began. He didn't even bring his new book with him, an action book starring an orphan named Simon that Tim sometimes pretended to be.

3:30 arrived and the race was about to begin. All the other students had brought running shorts, but Tim was going to have to run in his school pants. Suddenly, he saw that his shoes were untied. As he bent down to tie them, one of the older boys kicked the back of his knee, making him fall down right as the race began. By the time he got up and tied his shoes, he saw he would finish in last place, as the other kids were much farther ahead of him.

It was almost 4:00 before Tim saw the end of the run. By the time Tim reached the finish line, the group of parents waiting on their kids was very small, as some kids had been finished for a long time. Tim's father asked, "What took you so long? I'm surprised to see you here at all! Why did you sign up for this when we all knew you wouldn't win?"

Tim thought about why he signed up. It wasn't about winning the race, or making his father proud. It was about finishing, and showing himself that the doctor was right: he could be anything he wanted to be, like his favorite character, Simon.

1. What did Tim say?
2. to whom?
3. when?
4. What did his mother say?
5. His father?
6. What did Tim think?
7. What did his dad do?
8. for what?
9. When?
10. What did he say?
11. What did Tim prefer?
12. to what?
13. What did he want to show?
14. What was that?
15. What did he buy?
16. What color?
17. What did he sign up for?
18. What was he going to try to do?
1. I don't think I can win the race
2. his parents
3. over breakfast.
4. "Why not?"
5. he was silent
6. his father didn't believe he could be a racer:
7. Sent him to the doctors
8. to ask why his son wasn't a better runner.
9. last year,
10. Tim could be anything he wanted to be, and maybe he didn't like to run.
11. A good book
12. P.E. class,
13. he really could be what they wanted him to be,
14. a runner
15. shoes
16. green
17. Spring Fun Run.
18. to win