FRIENDSHIP
A Speech by Keena Ford
Dedicated to Bob Morgan
Hello, my name is Keena Ford. I am going to give you a speech that has two parts. The first part is about my three best friends. The second part is going to be a fable.
I have three best friends. One of my best friends is named Eric. Eric lives in my building, and he goes to this school. Except he is in the boy class. Eric and I have been best friends since we were four years old. Eric and I do a lot of projects. One of our projects was making a Homework Hut out of a big refrigerator box. When I have a problem, Eric tries to help me fix it. He helped me a few weeks ago when I cut off my hair by accident. We tried to make a yarn braid to go where my real braid used to go. And this week he helped me with another problem. The way we fixed the problem might have been against the law, so I won’t say what it was, but I will just say thank you, Eric.
My next best friend is Linny. Linny is in my class. I like Linny because we play fun games together. I also like her because now that we’re in second grade she doesn’t get mad about little stuff anymore. If someone tries to make her mad, she just says, “So what?” and “Whatever,” and stuff like that. I like Linny because we can have disagreements but then we can still be friends.
My other best friend is my big brother, Brian. He is the best big brother in the whole world. He lets me come in his room when he’s not busy, and he talks to me about my problems. Sometimes he says mean stuff to tease me, but when I feel sad he tries to make me feel better. I am so happy that I have a big brother, and I am happy he is not moving to Maryland. He has a beanbag chair.
Now it’s time for the fable. This fable is called SKIPPO IS NOT NICE TO BIPPO AND PECKY.
Once upon a time two best friends named Bippo and Pecky were at the zoo. They are the same Bippo and Pecky from Bob Morgan’s book, so I hope it’s okay that I used them for my fable. Anyway, Bippo was mad because this mean hippo named Skippo knew a secret about Bippo. And Skippo said he would tell Bippo’s secret to EVERYBODY if Bippo didn’t do everything Skippo said. Skippo wanted Bippo to play with him all the time instead of playing with Pecky. Then Pecky got sad. So Bippo told Skippo, “You are not the boss of me.” Skippo started to tell Bippo’s secret, but Bippo sat on him so that no one could hear what Skippo had to say. And you didn’t know this at the beginning, but Bippo was a lot bigger than Skippo and that’s why he could sit on him.
The moral of the fable is that if you want to be someone’s friend you should just be nice.
Now you learned a lesson and you learned about my three best friends. I love you, Bob.
THE END
Answers about Bob Morgan
47 years old
Virginia
Ten books
Two kids
Stay in school
Yellow
Too hard to decide
Mint Chocolate Chip
Next year
Yes
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