Which line from the excerpt best supports the theme that
"people can surprise the ones who love them"?
read the excerpt from "raymond's run."
then i hear raymond yanking at the fence to call me and i
wave to shush him, but he keeps rattling the fence like a
gorilla in a cage like in them gorilla movies, but then like a
dancer or something he starts climbing up nice and easy but
very fast. and it occurs to me, watching how smoothly he
climbs hand over hand and remembering how he looked
running with his arms down to his side and with the wind
pulling his mouth back and his teeth showing and all, it
occurred to me that raymond would make a very fine
runner. doesn't he always keep up with me on my trots?
and he surely knows how to breathe in counts of seven
'cause he's always doing it at the dinner table, which drives
my brother george up the wall. and i'm smiling to beat the
band 'cause if i've lost this race, or if me and gretchen tied,
or even if i've won, i can always retire as a runner and begin
a whole new career as a coach with raymond as my
champion. after all, with a little more study i can beat
occurred to me that raymond would make a very fine
runner.
then i hear raymond yanking at the fence to call me and
i wave to shush him.
keeps rattling the fence like a gorilla in a cage like in
them gorilla movies.
after all, with a little more study i can beat cynthia and
her phony self at the spelling bee.