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Olly was a young, quiet boy.  

His family moved around many times, making it 

hard for him to meet many new friends.   He had 

to do many things alone.

He did activities such as...

Until one night, Olly’s father announced that he and Olly's 

mother have decided to stay in Oxford for a while. This 

made Olly very happy and even eager to start school the 

next morning.   He promptly kissed his parents goodnight 

and then headed up to bed.

All night, Olly was dreaming of all the exciting sports and games 

he could play with the new classmates he was soon going to 

meet.

The next morning, Olly's teacher introduced him to the rest of the class. 

"Everyone say hello to our new classmate, Olly" preached Mrs. Rogers. 

"Hi Olly!" screeched the rowdy eight-year old's.

Olly graciously waved to the new faces.

"Now children, make sure to make Olly feel welcomed" Mrs. Rogers advised while 

escorting Olly to his desk.

Olly’s excitement, however, soon turned into disappointment.   As his classmates 

soon lost interest in him and continued to talk to their own friends. Throughout the 

rest of the day, Olly grew accustomed to doing things on his own; Doing his art project, 

playing baseball at recess, and even singing a solo during music class…leaving him too 

upset to eat lunch. 

During dinner that night, Olly’s mom pondered why he was acting so strange…

“Olly why are you so hungry?” 

“I’m not sure.”

“Did something happen at school?”

Olly peered down at his plate, knowing that he could not tell his mother the 

truth he replied, “No mother, I am perfectly fine.” 

“Olly, I understand moving has been difficult, but we are here to stay. You are 

a generous and kind boy and you will make friends very soon.”

In effort to avoid the subject, Olly looked up from his plate and shouted, “More 

please!”

The next morning as Olly was walking to school, he ran into one of his classmate, John Paul 

Daniels.   Unlike Olly, John Paul was a very outgoing hooligan who sought Olly out as a perfect 

addition to his friend group. 

“Hey Olly, wait up!” John screeched.

Olly was startled by the fact someone actually knew his name and eagerly yelped out a friendly 

“hello."

“My name is John Paul, but all my friends call me JP."

“It is nice to meet you JP" said Olly.

“Since you’re new here, I’m gonna show you how to be popular.”

“Popular?” Olly questioned.

“Yeah, I’ll introduce you to my friends. But, you have to follow their lead…

“Okay!” Olly said without caution

So, for the rest of the day the two boys laughed, did their art projects together, traded lunches, 

and at recess JP even introduced Olly to his two best friends, Sam and Fred.

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