At lap 40, the boy is starting to get tired. The sugar and fun is beginning to wear off. The stairs at the far end of the school seem to get harder and harder to walk up every time. Everyone is supportive though and the people stamping the lap card offer words of encouragement every time.

 

"Keep going! You're almost there. I know you want that hat! Maybe we'll get one for your stuffed tiger too!"

 

Other kids are slowly starting to drop out of the Walkathon too. The youngest usually go first. Most of the kindergardeners are already done by now. The boy is determined to walk all fifty laps though. His tiger will help him out. Tigers don't get tired easily!