Day: 10.03.2020

There was a popular girl named Lydia. She was such a busy girl, with so many friends. She was popular because she was very nice and would even give out presents to the people she loved.
But everything changed on National Friendship Day. On that day, at school, everyone was having a great time. That day in class everyone had to make three presents to give to their three best friends. Lydia obviously took the opportunity and made gifts for her friends. When everyone already gave their gifts, Fiona didn’t get any! She felt terrible, she cried a lot. She didn’t feel appreciated by them. Everyone tried to make her feel better. But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.
This was exactly what Lydia had done so many times to others.
She realized that she was an amazing friend, but she had not been a true friend to anyone. She had tried not to argue with anyone, she had tried to pay attention to everyone, but now she had found out that that was not enough to create true friendship.
When she got home that night , created quite a puddle with her tears, and Lydia asked her mother where she could find true friends.
“Lydia, my dear,” answered her mother, “you cannot buy friends with a smile or a few good words. If you really want true friends, you will have to give them real time and affection. For a true friend you must always be available, in good times and bad”.
“But I want to be everybody’s friend! I need to share my time among everyone!”, Fiona protested.
“My dear, you’re a lovely girl,” said her mother, “but you can’t be a close friend to everybody. There just isn’t enough time to be available for everyone, so it’s only possible to have a few true friends. The others will by playmates or acquaintances, but they won’t be close friends”.
Hearing this, Fiona decided to change her ways so that she could finally have some true friends. That night, in bed, she thought about what she could do to get them.
She thought about her mother. Her mother was always willing to help her, she put up with all of Fiona’s dislikes and problems, she always forgave her, she loved her a great deal…
That was what makes friends!