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ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP
Big or small, its actions that seem to count the most in friendship. In a time when we can chat effortlessly by
IM and email, talk is getting cheaper. Many of you believe that the evidence of true friends is what they do to
show their loyalty, honesty, trustworthiness, or willingness to make a sacrifice when you need help.
Caitlin, 14, told us about a friend who took the blame for her when she got in a fight at school. Her friend was
suspended for 10 days. And Marissa,16, said she discovered the difference between a close friend and casual
friend on a school trip to California. "I got sick, and my friend ran to the bathroom after me to hold my hair
back as I became the Exorcist" Marissa said. “She stood by me, while my other 'friends' yelled at me to get
off the floor and clean it up.
And it works both ways: nearly three quarters of the people who wrote to us said they do as much for their
friends as their friends do for them. Sometimes the most treasured acts of friendship are those for which you
expect to get nothing in return, not even credit for a good deed.
"The nicest thing I ever did for a friend was when I let her date my ex - without ever telling her that I was
against it," Rae' Johne, 14, said. Elaine, 15, remembers the day she went clothes shopping with her best
friend, who is overweight. The saleslady was being rude to her friend because there was so little in her size
and nothing fitted quite right. Elaine is proud of how she helped her friend that day. “I had an armful of clothes
for myself and I put all my clothes back and said. "I don't like what they have in here. Why don't we go
somewhere with better clothes, not these cheap ones?"
NOVELTY - QUALITY - HUMANITY
Note:
be suspended: be officially prevented from going to school for a time as a punishment
blame (n): responsibility for doing something badly or wrongly
9 Which of the following does a true friend need to show you?
A. efforts
B. trustworthiness
C. emails
D. talks
10 What is NOT TRUE of Caitlin?
A. She was 14 when she wrote the letter.
B. Her friend helped her fight at school.
C. The teacher thought her friend, not her, got in a fight.
D. Her friend was suspended for 10 days.
11 Who let her close friend date with her ex-boyfriend?
A. Rae' Johne
B. Elaine
C. Caitlin
D. Marissa
12 What was true of Elaine's story?
A. She helped her friend choose suitable clothes.
B. She didn't buy any clothes at the shop because she didn't like the clothes.
C. The salesperson at the shop was impolite to her friend.
D. She bought many clothes at that shop.