Answer:
D. Slow and steady wins in the end
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Explanation:
The paradox in the passage is best stated by option D. Instead of starting fast, James began the race slowly and kept going at the same pace until the end, when everyone became exhausted and began slowing down. That's when he sped up and ended up winning the race.
<em>Slow and steady wins the race </em>is also the morale of a well-known story <em>The Tortoise and the Hare</em>, where the tortoise beats the hare in the race.
When I was a bird in a past life, I remember singing.
The school suspended Tinker and her classmates for wearing the armbands. They were only allowed back in school after they removed the black armbands.