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How does Squeaky feel about the May Day celebration?

Squeaky isn't especially enthusiastic about the May Day celebration. She takes her time getting to the park on May Day because the track meet is the last event of the program, and that is the only event she wants to participate in.


Squeaky especially wants to avoid the May Pole dancing. She thinks that dressing up in a "white organdy dress with a big satin sash" is a waste of time, since the dress will eventually get dirty. Also, May Day occurs only once a year; in Squeaky's opinion, the expense of a pretty dress is unjustified, especially since she won't be able to fit into it the next year. She also doesn't like the idea of dressing up for the sake of pretending to be something she's not.


For example, she relates how she once dressed up as a strawberry in a Hansel and Gretel pageant in nursery school. Squeaky explains that she felt pretty uncomfortable with the whole affair. The reality is that she prefers to run; that's what she's good at, and that's what she prefers to do. So, the only event that makes the May Day celebrations tolerable for Squeaky is the fifty-yard dash.

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