Read the excerpt from The Land
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that Paul
I shrugged, as if that was the best I could do for him."
figure I lose my job, I can get along on that for a while til
find another one. Can't do it for less."
Mister Ray Sutcliffe from Alabama did not look pleased. "All
right. All right. I'm going to pay you what you asking, this
four times a rider's wages-but only if you win, you hear?
You lose, boy, and you get nothing."
•is going to win the race.
•is going to lose his job.
•will participate in the race.
• will earn money from Sutcliffe,
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