Editorial May 30, 1988 Issue

Good friends

Ann Kenrick

Children are an example to us when it comes to making friends. They seem to cut through all the barriers that would separate and divide. For example, a little boy called Frankie was brought to a Christian Science Sunday School when he was just three years old. He came from a tough neighborhood, and his elder brother had taught him how to defend himself on the playgrounds near his home.

Frankie got on pretty well during the class session that first Sunday, but when it was time to get his coat and go home, there was some excitement and his little fist came out and he clipped another small boy round the ear. Happily no real damage was done, and the mother of the other child quickly comforted her son. She reminded him that Frankie was new and really needed a friend.

The next Sunday the two little boys sat together, and just at the moment when it looked as if Frankie's fist was coming his way again, the other boy put his arm round him and said firmly, "Frankie, you're my friend, and friends don't hit each other!" That was the end of the trouble, and those boys remained buddies through several years of Sunday School.

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