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“And I can do Derrick too” He grinned big as he replaced the headphones with sunglasses of a si a stern look, he did a whistle that wasn’t a bad imitation of mine “Listen to Arthur! Arthur’s the best”

He finished with a dopey lovesick look that h loud Andon Arthur’s every word, following hi at him like he personally had stapled the sun into place ExceptWho wouldn’t be a little lovesick over Arthur?

As the audience applauded for Taylor, I chewed onVince was next and took three tries before kicking apart a flimsy board

“Next, Seth is bringing us his special super-fast singing”

An extremely twitchy Seth shotthuot this”

My chest pinched hard All week I’d considered this project as so for Arthur, a way to help him But maybe it had been for me too And I wasn’t sure I was ready for all these deep realizations about myself and life, but at the saaveto all of us

Seth’s fast renditions of several classic songs earned hirin than he’d started with

“Way to go,” I called to him as Arthur asse was all about the i ar Like with that look fro to tell e that ht then

Trying and failing is better than never trying at all I wasn’t sure where I’d learned that Possibly Grandhtingwash over me, letIn that uy, and it onderful, and I couldn’t wait to get hi

Maybe it was time for me to try too

“Now for our winners!” At the end, Arthur handed out the prizes Every single kid got an award and a round of applause Watching their faces light up, I finally understood why Arthur had fought so hard for this It wasn’t that he didn’t like winning, but rather that he wanted everyone to have that thrill of victory And he’d done it, given each of the kids a moment to shine At the end, I applauded harder than anyone else