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Speaker 1: Hey friends, this is part two of Friendship Socks. If
Speaker 1: you haven't listened to part one, go listen to that
Speaker 1: story and then join us back here. What's wrong Max?
Speaker 1: You have to tell me, asked Levi. What's going on
Speaker 1: that's making you act so upset with me? Did I
Speaker 1: do something? Max just sat on the couch with his
Speaker 1: arms crossed, not answering his friend. Hearing all the yelling,
Speaker 1: Levi's mom was already walking in to check on the boys.
Speaker 1: When she heard what Max wanted to go home, She
Speaker 1: told him and Levi to come out to the Living room,
Speaker 1: and she would call Max's mom. I'm so sorry about
Speaker 1: all of this, said Max's mom when she returned to
Speaker 1: pick up her son. I'll talk to him about what
Speaker 1: happened and the way he was acting when we get
Speaker 1: back home. I'm sorry, Levi, and what do you have
Speaker 1: to say? Max? I'm sorry too, I guess, said Max
Speaker 1: in a voice that Levi could barely hear. It's okay,
Speaker 1: I'm sure Max and Levi will work it out, said
Speaker 1: Levi's mom. Levi I felt really bad, not knowing why
Speaker 1: his friend was acting this way, and wanting nothing more
Speaker 1: than to find out the reason so he could help him.
Speaker 1: It's okay, Max, maybe we can get together tomorrow, suggested Levi.
Speaker 1: Max looked at Levi but said nothing. Then he turned
Speaker 1: around and walked outside with his mom. Levi shut the
Speaker 1: door behind him, walked into the kitchen and sat down
Speaker 1: at the table with his grandpa. That was not okay,
Speaker 1: said Levi. Why did he treat me like that? I
Speaker 1: didn't do anything. Friends should treat each other with kindness
Speaker 1: and rec and talk things out if there's something going
Speaker 1: on that's making them upset. They shouldn't get bossy and mean.
Speaker 1: Just then Ivy walked into the kitchen. She had on
Speaker 1: her detective outfit, and without Levi and Max knowing it,
Speaker 1: she had been listening to their whole interaction. I think
Speaker 1: I know what the problem is, said Ivy. Max is
Speaker 1: upset and isn't treating you very nicely at all. That's
Speaker 1: not exactly a surprise, said Levi. I'm trying to figure
Speaker 1: out what to do about it. Why not try to
Speaker 1: fix Max's bad mood by getting him in front of
Speaker 1: a kindness meter, suggested Ivy. Uh what, asked leave I
Speaker 1: looking really confused. A kindness meter a little something my
Speaker 1: friends and I do when one of us isn't being
Speaker 1: nice or treating other friends in the group in an
Speaker 1: unkind way, said Ivy. But the important thing to know
Speaker 1: is that the kindness meter, well, is actually not a
Speaker 1: meter at all. Leeve I rolled his eyes, not thinking
Speaker 1: Ivy's advice was going to help at all, but was
Speaker 1: already too far into the conversation to back out. Now,
Speaker 1: a kindness meter is actually the way my friends and
Speaker 1: I measure how nice someone is being, said Ivy. If
Speaker 1: we feel like one of our friends in the group
Speaker 1: isn't being nice, we talk about all the things we've
Speaker 1: done and rate them on the kindness meter. If they
Speaker 1: get a low score from the group, it means that
Speaker 1: we all agree that they aren't asking nicely and we
Speaker 1: have to sit down and work it out before we
Speaker 1: do anything else. Then after we talk, we always feel
Speaker 1: better and their score on the kindness meter goes back up.
Speaker 1: Levi thanked Ivy for her suggestion. It wasn't a bad
Speaker 1: way to solve a problem in a group of friends
Speaker 1: when one person was being unkind, But Levi didn't need
Speaker 1: Ivy's kindness meter to show that Max's score would be
Speaker 1: really low. Lev was already on step two, talking it out,
Speaker 1: but he didn't know how to do that because it
Speaker 1: seemed that Max didn't want to talk at all. Was
Speaker 1: it worth trying to work it out or did this
Speaker 1: mean that Levi and Max's friendship was over. Levi didn't
Speaker 1: understand why Max would act the way he did and
Speaker 1: question how they would move forward. Your idea is a
Speaker 1: good one, Ivy. Thank you, But can Grandpa talk to
Speaker 1: Levi for a bit, asked Levi's mom. He and Grandma
Speaker 1: always gave me really good advice when I was your
Speaker 1: age and needed help solving a problem with a friend, sure, mom,
Speaker 1: said Ivy. I hope it all works out, Levi. Max
Speaker 1: is a really good friend. Maybe he was just having
Speaker 1: a bad day. Ivy and her mom walked out of
Speaker 1: the kitchen, leaving Levi and his grandpa there to talk.
Speaker 1: Levi's grandpa smiled and turned his attention to Levi, who
Speaker 1: he knew was feeling confused and upset and had a
Speaker 1: lot he was thinking about. I just don't understand why
Speaker 1: Max was acting that way, said Levi. What did I
Speaker 1: do to him? Sometimes it's not you, said Levi's grandpa.
Speaker 1: It could be that Max is going through something and
Speaker 1: it's bigger than race car games and play dates. But
Speaker 1: I asked him what was wrong, and he didn't say
Speaker 1: a thing, said Levi. I thought we were best friends.
Speaker 1: He knows he can tell me anything, and I'm always
Speaker 1: here to help him. But after how we acted today,
Speaker 1: I don't know if we can be friends anymore. He
Speaker 1: just seems so mad at me for no reason at all.
Speaker 1: I don't know why Max was so upset today, but
Speaker 1: I do know that he's still your friend, said Levi's grandpa.
Speaker 1: Let me tell you a little story that my grandpa
Speaker 1: told me when I was having trouble with one of
Speaker 1: my best friends when I was your age. Then Levi's
Speaker 1: grandpa went on to teach his grandson a lesson he'll
Speaker 1: never forget. He told Levi that friendships are like socks socks.
Speaker 1: Grandpa Levi laughed, what are you talking about? Just hear
Speaker 1: me out, said Levi's grandpa. I know it sounds silly,
Speaker 1: but it will all make sense at the end of
Speaker 1: our story. Levi's grandpa went on telling his grandson that
Speaker 1: socks are a very important part of any outfit. They
Speaker 1: warm and comfort your feet, which are working hard, running
Speaker 1: and walking around all day. Socks are dependable and we'll
Speaker 1: stay right by your side or I guess right on
Speaker 1: your foot to be more specific, warming your feet throughout
Speaker 1: long days playing in the snow, or keeping your feet
Speaker 1: comfy during a long basketball tournament. Then he went on
Speaker 1: to say friends are like that too. They support you,
Speaker 1: stand by your side, and help you out when you
Speaker 1: need it. Socks work hard, like we all have to
Speaker 1: do sometimes to keep our friends together. But socks can
Speaker 1: also be silly, and those are my favorite kind of socks.
Speaker 1: Socks you can have fun with, just like all the
Speaker 1: fun I bet you and Max have together, said Grandpa,
Speaker 1: Like my favorite pair of silly socks that have those
Speaker 1: golfing frogs on them. They always make me smile no
Speaker 1: matter what, just like a good friend. Levi nodded along,
Speaker 1: starting to understand what his grandpa was saying. But sometimes
Speaker 1: your favorite socks can get holes in them, said Grandpa.
Speaker 1: They seem like they're pulling away from you, that your
Speaker 1: relationship is falling apart at the seams. But that's simply
Speaker 1: not true. Those holes are right there from all the
Speaker 1: time you spent together, all the good times and the
Speaker 1: bad times. Right now, you and Max have a little
Speaker 1: hole in your friendship. Leave. I listened closely, waiting to
Speaker 1: hear what his grandpa would say next. What do you
Speaker 1: think I did when my favorite socks with the golfing
Speaker 1: frogs and them got a little hole, asked Levi's grandpa. Well,
Speaker 1: I certainly didn't throw them out and call it quits.
Speaker 1: Those socks have been with me for a long time,
Speaker 1: and we still had lots of fun times ahead of us.
Speaker 1: So I mended them, and with a little thread to
Speaker 1: sew up that hole, they're good as new. Now do
Speaker 1: you understand what I'm saying? Levi? That any friendship, especially
Speaker 1: your favorite friendship, is worth working on to fix the
Speaker 1: little hole and move on to better times together. You
Speaker 1: got it, kiddo, exclaimed Levi's grandpa as he hugged his grandson. Now,
Speaker 1: I think you have a little sewing to do with Max.
Speaker 1: Am I right? Levi smiled, hugged his grandpa, and then
Speaker 1: asked his mom if he could go over and see Max.
Speaker 1: Levi's mom called over to Max's house to see if
Speaker 1: that would be a good idea. Max's mom said yes,
Speaker 1: so Levi walked over. Once he got there, he sat
Speaker 1: down with Max in his backyard and asked him to
Speaker 1: please tell him what was making him upset. At first,
Speaker 1: Max didn't want to talk Levi. I knew if his
Speaker 1: friend didn't want to try and make the situation better
Speaker 1: by talking it out, that nothing was going to change.
Speaker 1: Please let me know if it's something I did, Levi said.
Speaker 1: That way, I know to never do it again, because
Speaker 1: I never want to make you upset. You're my best
Speaker 1: pair of socks, I mean, my best friend. About the
Speaker 1: pair of socks made Max smile, and then he looked
Speaker 1: over at Levi. You'll have to explain to me someday
Speaker 1: how I'm a pair of socks, But for now, I
Speaker 1: just want to say I'm sorry, said Max. You're a
Speaker 1: really good friend, Levi, the best, and I know that
Speaker 1: because even after the way I treated you this morning,
Speaker 1: you still wanted to come over here and try to
Speaker 1: work things out. Of course I did, Max. I wanted
Speaker 1: to make sure we were okay, said Levi. I don't
Speaker 1: want to lose you as my best friend, but I
Speaker 1: need you to know that I'm not okay with the
Speaker 1: way you treated me or my new racetrack game this morning.
Speaker 1: It was really unkind and disrespectful. I care about you, Max,
Speaker 1: but I care about myself too, and I don't want
Speaker 1: to be treated badly when I'm being a good friend.
Speaker 1: Max felt bad for making Levi feel bad. He knew
Speaker 1: at that moment that it was his turn to say
Speaker 1: something to make the situation better. That's when he told
Speaker 1: Levi what had made him so upset last night. I
Speaker 1: found out I didn't make the travel soccer team, said Max,
Speaker 1: looking down at the ground. I've been feeling really bad
Speaker 1: about it ever since I heard. I thought going to
Speaker 1: your house would make me feel better, but when I
Speaker 1: got there, I still felt bad. You look so happy.
Speaker 1: It made me mad, jealous and upset with myself that
Speaker 1: I couldn't be excited to hang out with you. Leeve
Speaker 1: I felt so bad for his friend, but he didn't
Speaker 1: say a word. He just listened so Max could get
Speaker 1: it all out. Then, when I saw the racetrack game,
Speaker 1: it felt like you got something really cool that you've
Speaker 1: always wanted, and I didn't get anything, said Max, looking
Speaker 1: like he was going to cry. I just wanted to
Speaker 1: make that team more than anything. I'm sorry I took
Speaker 1: out my negative feelings on you. Wow. Max, I'm really
Speaker 1: sorry you didn't make the team, said Levi. And that
Speaker 1: made you so upset. How about if we practiced together
Speaker 1: before the next travel season starts and I can try
Speaker 1: out for the team with you. That would be awesome,
Speaker 1: said Max. Thanks for being a great friend, or I
Speaker 1: guess a great pair of socks. Levi and Max both
Speaker 1: laugh and decided they would give their plate another try.
Speaker 1: Max's mom was so grateful for Levi's friendship and was
Speaker 1: so impressed with the way Levi handled the situation. She
Speaker 1: walked the back over to Levi's house and they spent
Speaker 1: the rest of the afternoon laughing. Joking and playing with
Speaker 1: Levi's Royal Rally racecar racetrack. But when they first got back,
Speaker 1: before they started racing, Levi stopped his grandpa in the
Speaker 1: living room and said goodbye before he left. Thanks again
Speaker 1: for talking with me, Grandpa, said Levi. It was great advice.
Speaker 1: Max and I are all good again because he finally
Speaker 1: explained to me why he was feeling so upset when
Speaker 1: he was over here earlier. I'm really glad to hear that,
Speaker 1: Levi said Levi's grandpa with a big smile. Levi smiled
Speaker 1: back at his grandpa as he walked out the door,
Speaker 1: knowing the importance of great friends and a great pair
Speaker 1: of socks. Thanks for joining us today. We hope you
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