Johnny, Sam, and Charles were walking home from school one fine June afternoon. Sam was thinking about how much fun they would all have playing ball in the nearby field. Meanwhile, Johnny was asking Charles to give him the video game he had just gotten for his birthday.
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Charles said, "No! You can't have my new present. But maybe if your parents don't mind, you can come over and play with me," he cheerfully added.
Then Johnny said in a mean voice, "I don't want to play with you. I want it for myself!"
"Maybe your mom can get you one for your birthday."
"But I want it now!" Johnny said. With that, he swiped Charles' book bag and then dashed down the street with it.
Charles started crying as he watched Johnny take the game out of the book bag. Johnny then threw down the bag and ran around the corner, where he waited for Charles to catch up.
When Charles came around the corner, Johnny wrestled him to the ground and said, "Now, don't you think it would be easier to just cooperate?" Johnny walked off and went home, as if nothing had ever happened.
Sam watched on in horror from behind. He sat down on the guardrail and thought about what to do.
Meanwhile, some of the other neighborhood kids came along. Paul went to the corner and found another way home. Mike walked around and said nothing. But Sam knew this was not right. He walked over to Charles, picked up his book bag, and helped him get home.
When they got to Charles' house, Sam asked him to go and play ball with him in the field. They enjoyed themselves and had a great time!
The next day at school, everyone asked Sam why he was nice to Charles. Sam replied, "I just did what I thought was right. It was not fair to leave him alone and hurt, when I could help him, even if he HAS only been in the neighborhood only a few weeks, and we've all been here a long time."