Today, Finny decides that he wants to break the school swimming record in the 100 yard free style. We were fooling around in the pool and near us was a big bronze plaque marked with events for which the school kept records. They were the 50 yards, 100 yards, and 220 yards. Under each was a slot with a marker fitted into It showing the name if the record-holder, his year, and his time. Under the "100 Yards Free Style" there was a name of "A. Hopkins Parker-1940-53.0 seconds." Then Finny recalls there not being A. Hopkins Parker. This was because he graduated before we got to the school. Now when i had told Finny this he got offended, simply because it was an insult to the class, and Finny had tremendous loyalty to the class, as he did to any group he belonged to. We looked around and no one happened to be in the pool. Finny decided he can beat the record. So we went and found a stop watch in the office. Finny got ready and he dove in. He went up and back up and back up and back and with no slack in his pace. Finally, his hand touched the end, and he looked up at me and asked how he did. I was in so much shock. Finny had beaten the record by .7 seconds. Finny was also shocked too. But the worst part is that there was not any witnesses and it won't count. But, Finny didn't seem to care. He was just pleased that he beat the record. But, me on the other hand was not. I was actually very upset because A. Hopkins Parker was now living a lie. His name was still up in bronze on the school record plaque and it was one big lie and Finny and i were the only ones who knew.
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