Article December 21, 1974 Issue

Sharing Is Happiness

Valerie Hope Starr

"Hope, you and I aren't going to be alone anymore," said Mother. "Now you'll have lots of company. Your sister and her boys are coming to live with us. Isn't that great?"

"No!" cried Hope to her startled mother. "I don't want them to come. I like being by myself. It's not fair. It's not fair at all," she sobbed, and she ran into her room and flung herself down on her bed.

Hope was really angry. How could anyone think that having those three noisy boys around was great? She thought of all the horrible things they'd do, and it made her more and more angry.

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