I f they don ’ t appreciate
you , they don ’ t deserve you
B y : Yv o n n e M i z r a h i
Hillel Yeshiva
Shelly is a very quiet girl. She is very
By: Clarisse Cohen
Hillel Yeshiva
“Help me,” Alison said acting all ner-
By: Paulina Cohen
Hillel Yeshiva
Adrienne was at school one day when
good at sports. One day, loud and
vous. “Alexis, I didn’t do my home-
her friend Grace was walking down the
popular girl Lauren was in a tennis
work,” Alison said. Alison rushed to
hall and slipped and dropped all of the
tournament and needed a partner.
Alexis and said, “Please help me.”
books all over the floor. Adrienne ran
Lauren decided to ask Shelly because
Alexis knew it was Alison’s first time not
to Grace and asked if she was okay.
she is good at
sports.
Shelly
agreed and prac-
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when she stepped in
how to do a vol-
a puddle. The mud
ley, and helped
splashed
her with her back-
Trust is like a
day of the tournament was here
paper. Once it’s
and Shelly and
Lauren won the
at
Lauren
cided
a
school,
de-
to
club.
all
over
her. Grace and three
hand. Finally, the
day
pick up all of the
in the baseball field
also taught her
ment. The next
helped
Adrienne was walking
every day. She
tourna-
she
books. The next day,
ticed with Lauren
whole
BNY
Then,
crumpled it can’t
be perfect again.
make
When
other friends walked
over and started to
laugh
at Adrienne.
Adrienne
realized
that Grace was not
her friend. Why is it
important to have a
friend?
When
you
have a good friend,
you will have some-
Shelly asked to be in it, Lauren de-
doing homework so she gave her the
nied. Shelly felt terrible. The problem
worksheet. One week later, Alexis for-
is that Shelly had just helped Lauren
got to write down her homework. The
with her tennis and helped her win
next day, she asked Alison if she can
the tournament. Lauren had not acted
copy the questions on the worksheet
very generously back to Shelly. The
she forgot to do. Alison said, “No.” Alex-
least she could have done was let
is said, “It’s only one time,” while her
for all their help with
her in the club. A bad friend uses oth-
face turned red as a watermelon. “No,”
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ers. A good friend cares for others.
Alison said repeating it over and over.
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