The Fun Of Making Friends (2nd Ed, 1975)

come on in everybody Linda Paul get some more chairs hi hi Nina hi Ramon hi did your mother come here I am hi Chris where's your dad right behind him you know it's really nice to have you all together here so you all remember when we first moved into the big [Music] city Paul and Linda were about the two lonesomest looking things I'd ever seen oh Dad we were not no we weren't I thought you were oh Nina she's right Linda I saw you too we just didn't have any friends Chris I thought you you'd be a good friend right off Paul you did see you didn't have to be Lonesome you had friends all around but we didn't know it then Dad we sure didn't it was awful not having any friends you were both gone when I came back looking for you where'd we go you know just around to see the neighborhood oh yeah I remember now hey and I remember we didn't like the neighborhood well we missed all our friends back home where we used to live we didn't think we'd ever have such good friends again but two R I'm glad now but then well everything was new and different I thought the L train was awful so noisy and the new buildings going up so much dirt and remember that painting oh yeah I didn't like it it looked funny I guess we just didn't understand the city then well you were still small town kids then but you've done pretty well since the signs really scared us because we couldn't understand Spanish then we thought people talked a different language here we didn't think we'd ever have any friends how did you finally meet Chris Paul well I think I was just walking down the sidewalk doing nothing when Chris came up behind me on his roller skates no I was on my bike you know what I thought when you started talking what I was surprised you spoke English was that how you two met that's how dad I showed him where I lived and we went to see where he lived no we didn't did you take me to meet some kids in some kind of hiding place no you didn't meet them we just went past them don't you remember I took you to the gas station where my dad [Music] [Music] works hey Paul you remember why I wanted you to go to my dad's gas station so you could get some air in your tires no so I could ask my dad if you could borrow my brother's bike I was really glad about that but I don't remember why his bike was there so my dad could fix it and it was all fixed the tires just needed some air oh yeah that's right it was a great [Music] bike [Music] hey fellas you remember what else I did for you something else you know Chris no what was it Dad don't you [Music] remember oh yeah I do the football football sure don't you remember we found out we both liked football oh yeah and we went to get Ramon to play with us right right except I didn't know him [Music] then is that right Ramon did you meet Paul that first day he moved here that's right ma he really knew how to make friends two friends in one day that's better than you did Ramon well he spoke English ma oh me poio but I'm not your Prett only son anymore but I've Got Friends you all look like very good friends when I met you Paul we were sort of but I knew you were new here [Music] Paul you all were really busy making friends that day weren't you that's right it's no fun being strangers Isn't it nice how we're not strangers anymore now we're all friends I think that's very good you know Linda your mother thought your doll was going to be your only friend until nah came by how come you asked me to go to the library nah because I wanted a new friend [Music] we were glad you came by nah it was nice to see you with a friend Linda we sure didn't like seeing you look so sad and lonely we had a good time at the library didn't we we sure did we had a better time playing football in the park no you didn't I think you all had a good time time because you all had new friends one all right come on you got it all [Music] right [Music] after that first day we didn't think the big city was so bad yeah friends really make a difference friends make a strange Place seem like home thank you friends you're welcome friends [Laughter] oh what are you going into