There once was a boy named Joe
And he only had one goal
not to be an average Joe
but as fast a lightning bolt
He ran every morning
He ran after school
He ran every evening
They thought he was a fool
“I might be a fool…”
He wrote in a letter,
“But atleast I’m not average!”
And then he felt better
The next morning he ran
After school as well
At night, just as planned
He ran till he almost fell
Many years had passed
When a huge competition took place
“Here we are at last,” said Joe,
“I’m gonna win this race!”
The crowd was huge
all the contestants’ parents had attended
before the race began
it started to rain, how unexpected!
The organizers discussed the predicament
Some were in favor of postponing
others were against, so they decided,
“We’ll let the contestants do the voting!”
After asking them one by one, it was decided
The athletes agreed to run while it rained
The organizers were a little suprised
But also impressed, so no one complained
The runners stood at the line, soaking wet
“On your mark!”
“Get Set!”
“Go!”
Joe sprinted like he never had before
He began to sweat, he could taste the salt
but he wanted nothing more
Than to be faster than a lightning bolt
One after another
He outsped the contestants
He reached third place
Then shortly after he was second
His final opponent was no pushover
She was faster than him slightly
But Joe had stamina, it wasn’t over
He just had to hold on tightly
Soon the finish line was approaching
Joe and the girl couldn’t pretend
They respected one anothers strength, nodding
as they ran steadily towards the end
The rain got heavier, the tension higher
The other contestants behind them didn’t give in
The crowd cheered “Joe”, louder and louder
He and the girl shared the same name, they couldn’t help but grin
Suddenly, there was a flash
Lightning struck the ground near the girl
She flew a few meters back and crashed
Joe looked behind him, watching her get hurled
The crowd sighed and then grew silent
Her mother screamed
“What do I do?” Joe thought,
“Should I help or keep going?”
He could see the runners behind them getting closer
They hadn’t stopped running
The race was still on
It was now or never!
Joe didn’t want to be average
He wanted to be faster than lightning
But he wanted to earn that title
not win by actual lightning striking
He turned around, and went to help Jo
As the other runners passed by
Joe didn’t mind losing though
He just let out a sigh
The next day, everyone spoke of the incident
The girl was hospitalized, they were all concerned
Fortunately the girl, Jo, survived the event
A few days later, back home she returned
Soon after she felt better, Jo visited Joe
And thanked him for what happened a few days ago
He laughed, blushing. “What’s so funny?” she asked.
” I guess you’ll go down in history as ‘Lightning Bolt Jo’ “.
They both laughed
Joe made a new friend
Before, he only cared about winning
But for the first time he felt victorious
“I know that I was going to win anyway, so it doesn’t matter” He joked.
“Is that so?” Jo replied. ” Well then, let’s find out!”
“Are you crazy, you just recently healed!” he exclaimed.
Ignoring him, she ran, and then he followed, racing towards the horizon.
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