Your Friend

Taken From: The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There -by Catherine M Valente

"Not so long ago her mother read out loud to her from some book or other concerning fairies or soldiers or pioneers, but now they read companionably, each to their own novels or newspapers, quite as September remember their her mother doing with her father, before the war.Sundays were the best days, when the sunlight seemed to last forever, and September would bloom under her mother's big, frank smile. On Sundays, she didn't hurt. She didn't miss a place she couldn't explain to a grown-up person. She didn't wish her small dinner with its meager ration of tinnier beef were a fey feast of candy and roasted hearts and purple melons full of rainwater wine. On Sundays, she almost didn't think about Fairyland at all. Sometimes she considered telling her mother about everything that had happened. Sometimes she burned to do it. But something older and wiser within her said, Some things are for hiding and for keeping...."

You can be friends with anyone: your pet, your mother, your book, the girl in your class who has the exact opposite personality, even if it may be tough to get along with them because they may not understand you like they think they do. Your friend can distract you from your hurts, even if they can't fix them, or even know what they are. And it can be hard to keep a secret from them, but some things are for hiding and for keeping. Even if you have to keep a secret, your friend is someone who enjoys being with you anyways. You may have to keep a secret from your friend for a good reason, like a surprise party or something they just shouldn't know because it's for the better. So if you have a friend like this you are very lucky. You and your friend don't have to be alike, you can just like to talk to each other and play with each other.