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5 10 15 20 25 30 34 ever they walked by, no one said a word, maybe because they were older. I waited. Nearly all of the children had left school. But I didn’t meet the two girls. I was very sad. But I had to be pa- tient; maybe I would meet them the next day. If I got up earlier maybe we could go to school together. When I arrived home, my mother was already worried and she asked me what had happened. But I said: “Nothing.” I knew that my mother didn’t want to speak about the people living in the house on the other side of the street. I was not sure if my mother would accept that I wanted to play with the two girls. In the afternoon I looked up thoughtfully longing to meet the children. I took a piece of paper and started to draw the two girls. The next day, I jumped out of my bed, skipped my break- fast, just drank my hot chocolate and ran out the door. I walked up and down impatiently. Suddenly the two children came out of the house. I crossed the street, and walked shyly behind the two girls. I hesitated but then I said: “I live in the same street and we go to the same school. Can we walk together?” One of the girls answered: “Yes, of course.” “My name is Ella”, I said. “My name is Fathme and this is my sister Jelena.” We couldn’t stop talking. I was so happy that I had two new friends. When I entered my class, I was still very excited. Marco, Emanuel and Mario stood in a corner and laughed. When they saw me, they stopped. Suddenly Mario said: “Why do you stick around with them? They can’t even speak our language and are so different from us.”