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    It's so nice to have a friend. With a friend we feel safe and happy, so friendship is very important in our life. When everything is dark, you have a friend to help you because a true friend will always help you and you are never alone. Friendship is so beautiful, friendship is worth living for, nothing is impossible with a friend. And this is a story about friends.

(By Jasminka Lisac, Srednja škola Delnice,  Croatia)

By Petra Paola G.

    There was a girl in distress. In great trouble, she called for help. Her friend heard her. He ran across the valley and the forest just to find her. He didn't know what could happen to her, he just wanted her to be O.K. Because he heard in her voice that something was wrong. A true friend can hear it. After a long search, he found her. She sat all alone in tears. She was very unwell.

(By Jasminka Lisac, Srednja škola Delnice,  Croatia)

    She felt as if she was going to be sick and she was on the verge of collapsing. A million thoughts were crossing her mind; sadly, she still could not find the solution. Her hearty friend kept asking what was wrong but she was too submerged in her thoughts to be able to utter a word. She eventually mustered the courage to explain….

    Her family was facing financial problems and she was forced to relocate for her father’s new job. That meant that she would lose all her friends and would never see them again. Going to another city, attending a new school, meeting new people seemed such an ordeal! She was inconsolable but glad he was by her side.

(By Eleni Krokou, Ellinogermaniki Agogi,Athens, Greece)

    Just before she left, they met at their favourite place. Majestic, old blossom tree always was their spot, where they could be like kids again. The moments spent under this tree were ones of the most significant parts of their lives. Right there they made the most crucial promise. Pinkie promise. That they will be friends forever and ever. And they will meet up again.

    Then she left him. Left him, and he felt like part of him was gone. He couldn’t resiste and he has to learn how to live without her. He wrote her many letters, but after some time there was no answer. So he gave up. After that he started to visit their favourite place, where he saw her for the last time.

 That place reminded him of her so he was going there so often, and wasn’t mad at her for not responding knowing that she had a lot going on there. Not just the new friends and place, but also all her family problems especially the sad separation between them.

  (By Ljubinka Rtoska, SSOU"Dimitrija Chupvski"-Veles, North Macedonia)