Grenouille 21 - Tic-Tac-Toe (from Way Back)
What could be more exciting than to arrive, in the nick of time, with the winning move? What dragonflies would have a chance against the perfect timing and grace of Grenouille? He was carried from the field on the shoulders of his companions, who took him out for algae pie and tall frosty glasses of "bleer," a cloudy green drink made from fermented pickerel weed.
It's a shame he can't tell his team mates apart. He dismissed their names from his memory years ago, because he could never risk using them.