“Tyler Tries Again,” Friend, October 2020
Tyler Tries Again
The author lives in Utah, USA.
Illustration by Jess Golden
Oh, great. It’s that new kid who just moved in.
Can I play?
Don’t you think you should go home, Wally? I do.
Tyler laughs.
The next day …
I shouldn’t have laughed at Wally yesterday. I should’ve invited him play with us.
I didn’t mean to stain the couch. I’m sorry.
It’s OK. Let’s clean it together.
Who knew getting out a spot would be so much work?
Mistakes happen, but we can fix this.
Something else happened that I need to fix.
I’m really sorry we were mean to you. Do you want to play?
Sure!