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Speaker 3: Story Friendship Socks Part one. Levi, are you getting the
Speaker 3: playroom ready?
Speaker 1: Called out Levi's mom from her office. Max will be
Speaker 1: here in five minutes. Already, mom, Levi called back, as
Speaker 1: he said up the last piece of his Royal Rally
Speaker 1: racecar racetrack set. Levi could have not been more excited
Speaker 1: that his friend Max was coming over to play that day.
Speaker 1: That was because they hadn't been able to play together
Speaker 1: at school that week because it had been raining and
Speaker 1: that meant indoor recess. Since they were in different classes,
Speaker 1: they only got to see each other at lunch and
Speaker 1: when they were walking in the halls. Max loved race cars,
Speaker 1: and Levi had been anxiously waiting to show him the
Speaker 1: cool new race car track that his grandpa had just
Speaker 1: bought him. It was the best racetrack set ever, with
Speaker 1: amazing looking metal race cars, blinking lights, real race car
Speaker 1: sound effects, and handheld steering wheels that you used to
Speaker 1: control the cars as they zipped around the track. It
Speaker 1: even came with a checkered flag to wave at the end.
Speaker 3: Of the race.
Speaker 1: He's gonna love this, whispered Levi to himself as he
Speaker 1: did a little test lap before running out to the
Speaker 1: living room. As soon as he flopped on the couch
Speaker 1: to wait for Max, the doorbell rang. Max shouted Levi
Speaker 1: with a big smile as he leaped over the back
Speaker 1: of the couch and ran to the door. As soon
Speaker 1: as Max stepped inside, Levi I was ready to do
Speaker 1: their secret handshake and start a wonderful play date. However,
Speaker 1: Max seemed to have a different idea of how the
Speaker 1: day would go. He looked less than excited to see Levi,
Speaker 1: which was really surprising to him. But it was morning
Speaker 1: after all, and Levi just brushed off, thinking Max was
Speaker 1: maybe a little tired and needed to warm up to
Speaker 1: the play date. Max was not a morning person, which
Speaker 1: Levi I knew from having sleepovers at his house. Hey, buddy,
Speaker 1: I have something awesome to show you in my playroom,
Speaker 1: said Levi, trying to shake Max out of his funky mood.
Speaker 1: But Max just gave Levi an unenthusiastic thumbs up and
Speaker 1: followed him down the hall. Bye, mom, said Max.
Speaker 3: Bye honey, I hope you enjoy your play date, said
Speaker 3: Max's mom.
Speaker 1: Bye, Max's mom, and don't worry, he'll have a great
Speaker 1: time when he sees what's in here. Call back Levi
Speaker 1: as he and Max disappeared into the playroom. Levi's mom
Speaker 1: didn't think much more about Max's unenthusiastic reaction when he
Speaker 1: entered the house. Knowing that Max and Levi were best friends,
Speaker 1: she was sure he would tell Levi what.
Speaker 3: Was on his mind.
Speaker 1: They'd talk it out, Max would feel better, and they'd
Speaker 1: be playing in no time. Levi was a very supportive
Speaker 1: and kind friend, so his mom knew he would find
Speaker 1: a way to turn Max's day around. However, what she
Speaker 1: and Levi would learn is that Max needed to want
Speaker 1: to turn his day around too. Nothing Levi did would
Speaker 1: get him out of his bad mood. Max, Stay right there.
Speaker 1: I have a big surprise for you that you're going
Speaker 1: to love, said Levi as he ran around to the
Speaker 1: other side of the couch in the playroom where he
Speaker 1: had the Royal Rally Race Card race tracks set up. What,
Speaker 1: asked Max, who looks like he was a million miles away?
Speaker 1: I said, stay right there. I have a big surprise
Speaker 1: for you. I have a new toy that you're going
Speaker 1: to love, said Levi. He was so excited to show
Speaker 1: Max's new racecar track that he wasn't even paying attention
Speaker 1: to the way his friend was acting. Max closed his
Speaker 1: eyes and Levi turned on the racetrack riving the fake
Speaker 1: car engines.
Speaker 3: Do you know what that is? Asked Levi with a.
Speaker 1: Huge smile on his face. Then, instead of Max getting
Speaker 1: really excited like Levi thought he.
Speaker 3: Would, Max seemed to get upset. Are you kidding me?
Speaker 1: Said Max as he stomped his way over to Levi
Speaker 1: and saw the Royal Rally Racecard racetrack. That's unbelievable. I
Speaker 1: know it's awesome, said Levi. Do you want to play
Speaker 1: Levi went to hand Max one of the steering wheel
Speaker 1: controllers as the lights around the racetrack blinked on and off,
Speaker 1: showing that the race was about to start. Levi was
Speaker 1: so excited he didn't notice that Max's reaction to the
Speaker 1: racetrack was not of happiness and excitement.
Speaker 3: This is ridiculous, said.
Speaker 1: Max in a huff as he grabbed the steering wheel
Speaker 1: controller out of Levi's hand. It was at that point
Speaker 1: that Levi realized something was wrong. Max, what's going on?
Speaker 1: Are you mad? I thought you'd be super excited to
Speaker 1: race with me, said Levi with a look of surprise
Speaker 1: on his face. It's great, I guess, said Max's he
Speaker 1: stared at the racetrack. Yeah it is, but you seem
Speaker 1: really mad instead of really excited, said Levi. It's just
Speaker 1: you always get everything you want, snapped Max as he
Speaker 1: threw the steering wheel controller on the couch. Levi was
Speaker 1: very surprised by Max's reaction, but just thought he was
Speaker 1: having a bad day. Instead of getting mad at his friend,
Speaker 1: he decided to ask Max what he wanted to do.
Speaker 1: It was clear to Levi that he thought Max would
Speaker 1: be more excited about the racing game than he was.
Speaker 1: No one's fault, just the wrong game for this play day,
Speaker 1: is what Levi thought. Hey Max, how about you pick
Speaker 1: what we do first, said Levi. Maybe after we can
Speaker 1: play with my race cars. Well thanks for finally asking
Speaker 1: what I would like to do, said Max in an
Speaker 1: angry tone. It took you long enough, leve I really
Speaker 1: didn't know what was going on that was making Max
Speaker 1: Ax so upset and bossy. But Max was his best
Speaker 1: friend and he was going to be there to figure
Speaker 1: it out, work through the problem, and helpfully help him
Speaker 1: get into a better mood. Sorry, Max, said Levi. I
Speaker 1: should have asked you what you wanted to do first.
Speaker 1: I really want something to eat, said Max, swapping down
Speaker 1: on the couch.
Speaker 3: Oh okay, said Levi.
Speaker 1: Well my mom wasn't planning on having lunch for a
Speaker 1: little bit, but maybe I can get you a snack.
Speaker 1: I want an apple, said Max. Levi quickly left the
Speaker 1: playroom and walked into the kitchen. Is everything okay in there,
Speaker 1: asked Levi's mom. It sounded like Max wasn't using the
Speaker 1: nicest tone with you. Oh yeah, he's fine, said Levi.
Speaker 1: Just a little angry. Isn't that let you and Dad
Speaker 1: call it when Ivy and I are both upset and
Speaker 1: moody because we're hungry. That's all right, giggled Levi's mom.
Speaker 1: This should help, said Levi's He grabbed an apple from
Speaker 1: the counter and ran back to the playroom, but before
Speaker 1: he got there, the doorbell rang, so we went to
Speaker 1: answer it. Grandpa, Levi cheered as he opened the door
Speaker 1: and saw him standing there. I didn't know you were
Speaker 1: stopping over, Hi, buddy, said Grandpa, giving Levi a hug.
Speaker 1: I realized that I forgot to give you the extra
Speaker 1: battery pack that goes with your racetrack when I dropped
Speaker 1: it off last weekend. I wanted to make sure you
Speaker 1: had this one, so while you're playing, you always have
Speaker 1: new batteries charging and ready to go. That way, you
Speaker 1: don't have to miss a minute of racing. Thanks, Grandpa,
Speaker 1: said Levi, taking the battery pack from his hands. My
Speaker 1: friend Max is over now and we're going to play
Speaker 1: in just a little bit. Mom's in the kitchen if
Speaker 1: you want to say hi, Levi. I ran off the
Speaker 1: playroom as his grandpa walked into the kitchen to visit
Speaker 1: Levi's mom. Here you go, Max, said Levi. As he
Speaker 1: ran back into the playroom and tossed the apple to
Speaker 1: his friend. I don't really want this anymore, said Max
Speaker 1: as he caught the apple midair and tossed it back
Speaker 1: to Levi. Okay, said Levi, sounded a bit confused, but
Speaker 1: not wanting to ruin the play date, Levi asked again
Speaker 1: what Max wanted to do first. Let's play that race
Speaker 1: car game, I guess, said Max, still not sounding very
Speaker 1: excited about it, but Levi I couldn't have been happier
Speaker 1: because he had been waiting all week to share this
Speaker 1: game with his friend. As he was giving Max a
Speaker 1: quick rundown on how to drive the race car, Max
Speaker 1: got upset again.
Speaker 3: I get it, Levi.
Speaker 1: Do you really think you're the only one that's ever
Speaker 1: played a race car game before? Asked Max in a huff. No,
Speaker 1: said Levi. It just took me a little while to
Speaker 1: get the hang of steering the cars, so I thought
Speaker 1: i'd help you out. I don't need any help, said Max.
Speaker 1: To start the race, Levi counted down and pressed the
Speaker 1: start button. The blinking lights sparkled all over the track
Speaker 1: as an announcer's voice blared through the mini speaker that
Speaker 1: sat at the starting line. The voice announced the start
Speaker 1: of the race and the cars were off. The announcer
Speaker 1: then gave a play by play as Levi sped ahead
Speaker 1: of Max, clearly in the lead. Very quickly, Leevi could
Speaker 1: tell that Max didn't like that. Max became very upset
Speaker 1: again and started stomping his feet and waving his arms
Speaker 1: around as he tried to understand how to use the
Speaker 1: steering wheel controller. His car was zig zagging around the track,
Speaker 1: stopping and starting as it bumped off the plastic walls
Speaker 1: that lined the side of the track.
Speaker 3: And the winner is the car in lane two.
Speaker 1: Boomed the announcer's voice, as Levi's car acrossed the finish line.
Speaker 1: You cheated, yelled Max as he threw the steering wheel
Speaker 1: controller on the ground. Hey Max, watch out, yelled Levi
Speaker 1: back at him, no longer able to keep his emotions inside.
Speaker 1: This is brand new and I don't want to break it.
Speaker 1: Don't be so dramatic, said Max as he walked over
Speaker 1: to sit on the couch. You know what, I think
Speaker 1: I'd like to go home, Levi. I was shocked, but
Speaker 1: at this point something had changed about Max. He didn't
Speaker 1: just look upset, he looks sad. Levi wanted to help,
Speaker 1: but he just didn't know how. What's wrong, Max, you
Speaker 1: have to tell me, asked Levi. What's going on that's
Speaker 1: making you act so upset with me? Did I do something?
Speaker 1: Max just sat on the couch with his arms crossed,
Speaker 1: not answering his friend. Hearing all the yelling, Levi's mom
Speaker 1: was already walking in to check on the boys when
Speaker 1: she heard about Max wanted to go home. She told
Speaker 1: 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?
Speaker 3: Max?
Speaker 1: I'm sorry too, I guess, said Max in a voice
Speaker 1: that Levi could barely hear. It's okay, I'm sure Max
Speaker 1: and Levi will work it out, said Levi's mom. Levi
Speaker 1: I felt really bad, not knowing why his friend was
Speaker 1: acting this way, and wanting nothing more than to find
Speaker 1: out the reason so he could help him. It's okay, Max,
Speaker 1: maybe we can get together tomorrow, suggested Levi. Max looked
Speaker 1: at Levi but said nothing. Then he turned around and
Speaker 1: walked outside with his mom. Levi shut the door behind him,
Speaker 1: walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table
Speaker 1: with his grandpa.
Speaker 3: That was not okay, said Levi. Why did he treat
Speaker 3: me like that? I didn't do anything.
Speaker 1: Friends should treat each other with kindness and respect and
Speaker 1: talk things out if there's something going on that's making
Speaker 1: them upset. They shouldn't get bossy and mean. Just then,
Speaker 1: Ivy walked into the kitchen. She had on her detective outfit,
Speaker 1: and without Levi and Max knowing it, she had been
Speaker 1: listening to their whole interaction. I think I know what
Speaker 1: the problem is, said Ivy. Max is upset and isn't
Speaker 1: treating you very nicely at all. That's not exactly a surprise,
Speaker 1: said Levi. I'm trying to figure out what to do
Speaker 1: about it. Why not try to fix Max's bad mood
Speaker 1: by getting him in front of a kindness meter, suggested Ivy.
Speaker 1: Uh what, asked leev I, looking really confused. A kindness
Speaker 1: meter a little something my friends and I do when
Speaker 1: one of us isn't being nice or treating other friends
Speaker 1: in the group in an unkind way, said Ivy. But
Speaker 1: the important thing to know is that the kindness meter
Speaker 1: well is actually not a meter at all. Leeve I
Speaker 1: rolled his eyes, not thinking Ivy's advice was going to
Speaker 1: help at all, but was already too far into the
Speaker 1: conversation to back out. Now, a kindness meter is actually
Speaker 1: the way my friends and I measure how nice.
Speaker 3: Someone is being, said Ivy.
Speaker 1: If we feel like one of our friends in the
Speaker 1: group isn't being nice, we talk about all the things
Speaker 1: we've done and rate them on the kindness meter. If
Speaker 1: they get a low score from the group, it means
Speaker 1: that we all agree that they aren't asking nicely and
Speaker 1: we have to sit down and work it out before
Speaker 1: we do anything else. Then after we talk, we always
Speaker 1: feel better and their score on the kindness meter goes
Speaker 1: back up. Leeve I thanked Ivy for her suggestion. It
Speaker 1: wasn't a bad way to solve a problem in a
Speaker 1: group of friends when one person was being kind, But
Speaker 1: Levi didn't need Ivy's kindness meter to show that Max's.
Speaker 3: Score would be really low.
Speaker 1: Lev was already on step two talking it out, but
Speaker 1: he didn't know how to do that because it seemed
Speaker 1: that Max didn't want to talk at all. Was it
Speaker 1: worth trying to work it out or did this mean
Speaker 1: that Levi and Max's friendship was over. Levi didn't understand
Speaker 1: why Max would act the way he did, and questioned
Speaker 1: how they would move forward.
Speaker 3: Your idea is a good one, Ivy. Thank you?
Speaker 1: But can Grandpa talk to Levi for a bit, asked
Speaker 1: Levi's mom. He and grandma always gave me really good
Speaker 1: advice when I was your age and needed help solving
Speaker 1: a problem with a friend. Sure, mom, said Ivy. I
Speaker 1: hope it all works out, Levi. Max is a really
Speaker 1: good friend. Maybe he was just having a bad day.
Speaker 1: Ivy and her mom walked out of the kitchen, leaving
Speaker 1: Levi and his grandpa there to talk. Levi's grandpa smiled
Speaker 1: and turned his attention to Levi, who he knew was
Speaker 1: feeling confused and upset and had a lot he was
Speaker 1: thinking about. I just don't understand why Max was acting.
Speaker 3: That way, said Levi. What did I do to him?
Speaker 1: Some times it's not you, said Levi's grandpa. It could
Speaker 1: be that Max is gone through something and it's bigger
Speaker 1: than race car games and play dates. But I asked
Speaker 1: him what was wrong, and he didn't say a thing,
Speaker 1: said Levi. I thought we were best friends. He knows
Speaker 1: he can tell me anything, and I'm always here to
Speaker 1: help him. But after how we acted today, I don't
Speaker 1: know if we can be friends anymore. He just seems
Speaker 1: so mad at me for no reason at all. I
Speaker 1: don't know why Max was so upset today, but I
Speaker 1: 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, Grandpa,
Speaker 1: Levi laughed, what are you talking about. Just hear me out,
Speaker 1: said Levi's grandpa. I know it sounds silly, but it
Speaker 1: will all make sense at the end of our story.
Speaker 1: Levi's grandpa went on telling his grandson that socks are
Speaker 1: a very important part of any outfit.
Speaker 3: They warm and.
Speaker 1: Comfort your feet, which are working hard, running and walking
Speaker 1: around all day. Socks are dependable, and we'll stay right
Speaker 1: by your side.
Speaker 3: Or I guess right.
Speaker 1: On your foot to be more specific, warming your feet
Speaker 1: throughout long days playing in the snow, or keeping your
Speaker 1: feet comfy during a long basketball tournament. Then he went
Speaker 1: on to say friends are like that too. They support you,
Speaker 1: stand by your side, and help you out.
Speaker 3: When you need it.
Speaker 1: Socks work hard, like we all have to do sometimes
Speaker 1: to keep our friendship together. But socks can also be silly,
Speaker 1: and those are my favorite kind of socks. Socks you
Speaker 1: can have fun with, just like all the fun I
Speaker 1: bet you and Max have together, said Grandpa. Like my
Speaker 1: favorite pair of silly socks that have those golfing frogs
Speaker 1: on them. They always make me smile no matter what,
Speaker 1: just like a good friend. Levi nodded along, starting to
Speaker 1: understand what his grandpa was saying. But sometimes your favorite
Speaker 1: socks can get holes in them, said Grandpa. They seem
Speaker 1: like they're pulling away from you, that your relationship is
Speaker 1: falling ou part at the seams. But that's simply not true.
Speaker 1: Those holes are right there from all the time you
Speaker 1: spent together, all the good times and the bad times.
Speaker 1: Right now you and Max have a little hole in
Speaker 1: your friendship. Levi listened closely waiting to hear what his
Speaker 1: grandpa would say next. What do you think I did
Speaker 1: when my favorite socks with the golfing frogs and them got.
Speaker 3: A little hole? Asked Levi's grandpa.
Speaker 1: Well, 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.
Speaker 3: Now, I think you have a little sewing to do
Speaker 3: with Max. Am I right?
Speaker 1: Levi smiled, hugged his grandpa, and then asked his mom
Speaker 1: if he could go over and see Max. Levi's mom
Speaker 1: called over to Max's house to see if that would
Speaker 1: be a good idea. Max's mom said yes, so Levi
Speaker 1: walked over. Once he got there, he sat down with
Speaker 1: Max in his backyard and asked him to please tell
Speaker 1: him what was making him upset. At first, Max didn't
Speaker 1: want to talk Levi. I knew if his friend didn't
Speaker 1: want to try and make the situation better by talking
Speaker 1: it out, then nothing was going to change. Please let
Speaker 1: me know if it's something I did, Levi said that way,
Speaker 1: I know to never do it again, because I never
Speaker 1: want to make you upset. You're my best pair of socks,
Speaker 1: I mean, my best friend. The lining about the pair
Speaker 1: of socks made Max smile, and then he looked over
Speaker 1: at LEVI. You'll have to explain to me someday how
Speaker 1: I'm a pair of socks, but for now, I just
Speaker 1: want to say I'm sorry, said Max. You're a really
Speaker 1: good friend, Levi, the best, and I know that because
Speaker 1: even after the way I treated you this morning, you
Speaker 1: still wanted to come over here and try to work
Speaker 1: things out. Of course I did, Max. I wanted to
Speaker 1: make sure we were okay, said Levi. I don't want
Speaker 1: to lose you as my best friend, but I need
Speaker 1: you to know that I'm not okay with the way
Speaker 1: 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 I feel bad. He
Speaker 1: knew at that moment that it was his turn to
Speaker 1: say something to make the situation better. That's when he
Speaker 1: told Levi what had made him so upset last night.
Speaker 1: I found out I didn't make the travel soccer team,
Speaker 1: said Max, looking down at the ground. I've been feeling
Speaker 1: really bad about it ever since I heard. I thought
Speaker 1: going to your house would make me feel better, but
Speaker 1: when I got there, I still felt bad.
Speaker 3: 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.
Speaker 3: Leave.
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
Speaker 1: you've always wanted, and I didn't get anything, said Max,
Speaker 1: looking like he was going to cry. I just wanted
Speaker 1: to make that team more than anything. I'm sorry I
Speaker 1: took out my negative feelings on you. Wow, Max, I'm
Speaker 1: really sorry you didn't make the team, said Levi. And
Speaker 1: that made you so upset. How about if we practiced
Speaker 1: together before the next travel season starts and I can
Speaker 1: try 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 para sox. Levi and Max both laughed
Speaker 1: and decided they would give their plate another try. Max's
Speaker 1: mom was so grateful for Levi's friendship and was so
Speaker 1: impressed with the way Levi handled the situation. She walked
Speaker 1: the back over to Levi's house and they spent the
Speaker 1: rest of the afternoon laughing, joking, and playing with Levi's.
Speaker 3: Royal Rally racecar racetrack.
Speaker 1: But when they first got back, before they started racing,
Speaker 1: Levi stopped his grandpa in the living room and said
Speaker 1: goodbye before he left. Thanks again for talking with me, Grandpa,
Speaker 1: said Levi. It was great advice. Max and I are
Speaker 1: all good again because he finally explained to me why
Speaker 1: he was feeling.
Speaker 3: So upset when he was over here earlier.
Speaker 1: I'm really glad to hear that, Levi, said Levi's grandpa
Speaker 1: with a big smile. Levi smiled back at his grandpa
Speaker 1: as he walked out the door. Knowing the importance of
Speaker 1: great friends and a great pair of socks. Thanks for
Speaker 1: joining us today. We hope you enjoyed the story and
Speaker 1: learned a little something too.
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