The New Girl

     Once upon a time there was a school, a boarding school.  It was the first day of term and several new girls had arrived, some from foreign shores.
     One new girl was particularly lonely.  She was the farthest from home.  She sat at the breakfast table feeling incredibly despondent.  What was she going to do without a friend at this new school?  There was nobody there from her country.  Who would understand what it was like to be a foreigner?  No one at her table was from abroad she suspected.  No, there was one girl.
     When it came time for her to ask for someone to pass her the milk, she hesitated.  Would they be friendly?
     Please pass the milk, she said.
     Nobody near her responded.  But then the other foreign girl at her table looked at her understandingly and passed it to her.
     Here, she said.  What's your name, little girl?  she asked.
     Mildred, said the shy little girl.
     They became firm friends.  So when you see someone who needs a friend, could you please be friends with them?

The End