A Gift of Time
Hana Fikade
Yididiya Ashenafi

It is Spring Season, when the rainy season in Ethiopia passes and school reopens. Students gathered in a school.

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Class time passed and now it is recess time. All of the students are playing with their friends.

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One student stood sad, weeping.

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Another student who saw this goes near her. Slowly she approached the girl who was weeping.

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With a little fearfulness, she asked, "What happened?"
The girl responded, "Nothing."
"How do you say nothing? You are crying!" she insisted.

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"I felt bad and cried because I missed my friends," she explained.
"Oh! Please don't cry. I will be a good friend to you," she said and hugged her.

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After she stopped crying her new friend asked her to tell her her name.
"I am Elsa, and you?"
"I am Hayat."

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After that incidence, they became good friends.

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They introduced their families.

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Then they became close friends who spend their times together at school and libraries.

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A Gift of Time
Author - Hana Fikade
Illustration - Yididiya Ashenafi
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs