Sometimes friends hurt other friends' feelings without meaning to. If you are being joked on and feeling upset, just say something. And if you are among the ones doing the joking, make sure you pay attention to how your friend feels.
—A lesson from my experience
One day, Mareya, Ollie, Jasmine and I were kicking a soccer ball in the park, and Jasmine kept singing a song over and over. It sounds very 1 , which quickly caught our attention.
"The tune （曲调） is pretty pleasant," said Mareya happily. "Do you remember the2 ?"
"Let me see..."Then Jasmine started singing this song ending with "Mar-eye-aaa, Mar-eye-aaa. They called the3 Mar-eye-aaa."
"That's so great!" said Ollie. "Mareya, how come you never told us you were the wind?"
"Hey, Mar-eye-a!" I4 , "Can you use your power to blow that soccer ball over here to me?"
"No!" said Jasmine. "Please use your strong power to5 the ball in my direction!"
Then Ollie started singing quite loudly. "Mar-eye-aaa, Mar-eye-aaa. They called the wind Mar-eye-aaa."
His voice was so6 that we couldn't help laughing like crazy.7 , we paid no attention to Mareya.
A couple days later, when Ollie and I went to the park for a 8 , Mareya and Jasmine happened to be there, too.
"Hey there, friends!" Jasmine called to9 .
As we skated over to them, Ollie sang, "Mar-eye-aaa, Mar-eye-aaa. They called the wind Mar-eye-aaa!"
Jasmine and I laughed and began to sing along.
Mareya's smile10 suddenly. "Can you please just stop?" She cried out angrily.
Surprised, Ollie, Jasmine and I stopped.
"I couldn't11 why I felt so angry the other day," Mareya said. "12 when it happened again just now. I got it. I can't stand it!"
Only then did we realize that we13 her without meaning to. "We're really14 ! Could you please forgive （原谅） us? And thanks for telling us your true feelings!"
"It's OK. But never do it like this anymore?" she said15 .
"We promise!" we all said at once. And this time, all four of us really and truly did laugh together!
