Stone Soup

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Why are friends like that?

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What is the point of friends?
Are they supposed to make you laugh? Cry?
Are they there for you?
Are they kind? Hard-working? Do they give up?
Do people like you just because you’re rich?
Will you ever truly know why your friend is being your friend?

Lydia Iliff
Lydia Iliff, 10
Sewickley, PA