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Two Roads
Mitchell and Dudley still disagree about which bicycle is better, so they settle on a race.
On a smooth street, Mitchell’s red bicycle reaches the oak tree first. Dudley asks for another course: a gravel lane outside town, where he knows which tracks are packed hard and which stones will roll beneath a tire.
This time Dudley wins. A moment later, a bit of wire flattens Mitchell’s rear tire.
The boys walk to Jack Floyd’s shed for a patch kit and a pump. Finding the leak takes longer than either race, but they get the tire holding air again.
From the top of Main Street, they can see the…
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