Ben’s mom and dad didn’t talk to him about the pet on Christmas morning, but Ben thought about it all the time. He cleaned his room that day, and when mom took him to town later that week, he stopped at Noah’s Ark and peered through the windows at the hamsters.

     He tried very hard to start growing, so that his dad would like him better, and he only read in secret. In an effort to make some friends, he tried smiling and being friendly, even to the weirdest kids at school, but no one wanted to be his friend.

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