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The GoalHand in hand, the rest of the troop follows. I pass Andy and keep walking. 122 And when I'm twice the distance of the line-up, I stop. What I've done is turn the entire troop around so that the boys have exactly the opposite order they had before. "Now listen up!" I say. "This is the order you're going to stay in until we reach where we're going. Understood? Nobody passes anybody. Everybody just tries to keep up with the person in front of him. Herbie will lead." Herbie looks shocked and amazed. "Me?" Everyone else looks aghast too. "You want him to lead?" asks Andy. "But he's the slowest one!" says another kid. And I say, "The idea of this hike is not to see who can get there the fastest. The idea is to get there together. We're not a bunch of individuals out here. We're a team. And the team does not arrive in camp until all of us arrive in camp." So we start off again. And it works. No kidding. Everybody stays together behind Herbie. I've gone to the back of the line so I can keep tabs, and I keep waiting for the gaps to appear, but they don't ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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