-Please Don't Go So Fast-

Chapter One

[Listen Up]

       So here you sit. You tell me you're in love. You tell me she's your best friend's cousin. And you want to know what I, the oh-so-wise Racetrack,  would do if I were you.

       Supposedly, my story is legendary with them news boys. I'll be a-leavin' soon, so someone gotsta know how to tell it right. So, you, pay attention. Ya hear? I said pay attention. And don't mess it up, ok?

       It was like yesterday. I was over on the corner of Fourth and George Street. You know, by the barber shop. They's a big fan of papes down that alley. And comin' down the road was a tall, skinny kid with a crutch. Usually, I woulda been real mad, ya see, but this kid looked lost. I yelled over to him, "Hey! Crutchy!" And he yells back, "You talking to me?" so we gots ta talkin'.