DD Story Mountain by Mrs.Lee https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx Made with whimsy en-us 2021-12-11 23:52:40 UTC 2021-12-12 00:37:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Beginning MP3Lee https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942170534 Dyamonde and her mom moved to Washington Heights after her parents got divorced. It used to be Dymanode herself, mom, dad, plus her best friend Alisha. In this new town, it was just herself and mom. She was lonely.]]> 2021-12-11 23:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942170534 uh-oh MP3Lee https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942174362 Free, a new boy at school, acted rude to everyone and did not participate in class. But Dyamonde noticed that Free is a very good reader. Dyamonde thought there is something wrong with him, and this idea bothered her.]]> 2021-12-12 00:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942174362 OH-NO! MP3Lee https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942175849 Dyamonde made the first move and asked him why he is so mad at something or someone all the time. She was not so nice when she probed him.

"Dyamonde's words were sharp as needles, and Free felt like a balloon that she had just poked a hole in."
]]> 2021-12-12 00:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942175849 phew MP3Lee https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942180144 Dyamonde and Free did not fight. Dyamonde listened to Free and she began to empathize with him. 

"I'm mad at my folks. At my dad, mostly. He lost his job and made us move here, and I had leave all my friends behind." ...[Dyamonde] understood how Free could be mad at his dad.
]]> 2021-12-12 00:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942180144 End MP3Lee https://padlet.com/MP3Lee/uma7zak21840wdtx/wish/1942184951 Dyamonde and Free became friends. Dyamonde was not lonely anymore.

That evening, Dyamonde took out her photo album and turned to her favorite picture of Alisha.

"I still miss you," she said to the picture. "But guess what?" I've got a best friend here too. His name is Free."
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