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Liam, a fifth-grader, moved with his mom for a new apartment in a relatively cheaper area of the city after his father’s unexpected death, and began attending a neighborhood school.
Since he was an introvert, the thought of making friends always made him feel nervous, and moving into a new neighborhood meant he had to face his fears. On his first day, he didn’t talk to anyone or try to make friends, and during the mealtime, he sat at the corner table in the cafeteria and ate his lunch alone. No one in the class stepped forward to welcome him. Instead, they ignored him and refused to sit next to him in class.
The next day, he was sitting alone in the classroom when a boy approached him and asked, “Can I sit next to you?”
“Sure, ”Liam smiled.
“I’m Joel. And you?”
“Liam. ”
“Is it your first day today?”
“No, it’s my second day. I recently moved into this neighborhood. ”
“Oh, I didn’t know that. I skipped school yesterday, so I thought it was your first day today. ”
As days passed, Liam and Joel discovered that they lived on the same street. After school, they often played catch in the nearby park, a game they both loved playing. It only took Liam a few weeks to become best friends with Joel.
One day, Joel skipped school, and Liam had to sit alone in class, wondering why. Feeling worried, he went to ask his class teacher.
“Liam, I’m so sorry, but your best friend got into an accident last night, ” the teacher put her hand on Liam’s shoulder. “He lost his parents in the car crash. ”
“Oh no!” Liam covered his face with his hands.
Two months later, Joel was allowed to go home after a spinal surgery. However, he couldn’t walk and was restricted to a wheelchair. The day he arrived home with his grandmother, Liam rushed to Joel’s house with a candy bar and the ball they used to play catch with.
Joel’s eyes lit upon seeing Liam. The boys talked to each other for hours before Liam’s mother came to pick him up at night.
While he was happy to see his friend after months, he felt terrible knowing Joel could never walk again. Moreover, seeing his elderly grandma struggle to push the wheelchair made Liam feel even worse.
“Mom, I feel so bad for Joel, ” he told his mother at the dinner table later that evening.
“I can understand, sweetheart. But you don’t have to feel sad. You can help your friend adjust to his new lifestyle and make him feel better. Pitying him would make him feel worse. ”
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A week later, Liam asked Joel to play catch with him outside and he agreed.
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“How will I get an electric wheelchair for him? It must be so expensive!”
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