Tatlow The Sailor - Part Eight by J.M.Okano

     Whilst in Malta, Tatlow and friends walked to Mdina to look at the architecture, then sailed on to the Holy Land.  They were safe in Jerusalem until they had trouble and then they left in a hurry, except for Hans who fell in love with a girl there and stayed there.

     Tatlow was so sad he'd left his friend behind in such harrowing circumstances.  Saskia was even sadder.

 They said a prayer.  

     We are very sad when bad things happen to our friends, but we can pray for them.  Light shines down from heaven when we meet a friend sometimes.  Friends are sent to us from God when they are good ones.

Sometimes friends are sent from God and we don't even know them, or hear them.    

     I once belonged to a club called the Ladybird Club.  It only lasted a short while and was the height of fashion at my school.  We would sit by the hedge and play with ladybirds of different colours and numbers of spots.  Have you ever played with a ladybird (ladybug for those in North America)?  Some of those schoolfriends are still my friends.

TO BE CONTINUED