1 "We have to walk?" Walter exclaimed, standing outside in the still-warm sunshine. "But that's way too far! I can't do that!"
2 Walter's older brother, Chad, laughed. "We are such wimps these days," he said.
3 "What do you mean?" asked Walter.
4 "I've been learning in history class what it was like to live in the past. Do you know that two thousand years ago people walked many miles a day? Jesus Christ once walked over 40 miles in one day!"
5 "That's because he did not have a car," Walter said with a smirk.
6 "True, but they were also willing to work harder."
7 "I work hard!" Walter retorted, adjusting his new school backpack.
8 "Yeah, right," Wayne answered. "You don't even want to walk a mile to school with me."
9 "But I get tired," Walter moaned.
10 Chad turned to his brother.
11 "Walter, I thought you wanted to join the soccer team."
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