'On the very first day that Nic and Naomi became friends they discovered that there were two things they both liked the best. The first was that they liked to run fast. They found that they could run faster than anyone, just after Naomi and her mother moved into the little wooden falling-down house right at the end of Rabbit Street.'
Nic and Naomi have a race down Rabbit Street right away, and they discover all the other fun and funny things they have in common . . .
