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In the Woods.
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After lunch the children ran races for prizes, and Benny was invited to compete with the rest. This suited him exactly, and very soon after, with about a dozen others, he was bounding up a broad avenue between the trees, in a well-matched and most exciting race.

and amid loud hurrahs came first into the goal.

For the first half of the distance Benny dropped into the rear, then he began gradually to gain upon the others.