Read the passage. Then explain how Raphael is
characterized based on the way Squeaky describes
him.
Then the second-graders line up for the thirty-yard dash
and I don't even bother to turn my head to watch cause
Raphael Perez always wins. He wins before he even
begins by psyching the runners, telling them they're
going to trip on their shoelaces and fall on their faces or
lose their shorts or something, which he doesn't really
have to do since he is very fast, almost as fast as I am.