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5 10 15 20 25 30 45 at Jelena and hoped that she would say something, but she did not say a word and just stared at Marco. Then Marco said: “For example my best friend is my dog. I can tell him everything.” Sonia got up and said: “How can anyone be friends with an ani- mal? You cannot go to the shopping center with your dog and share a soda.” We had to laugh; although we did not want to hurt Marco. Suddenly Jelena said: “I’d love to be friends with animals. I would like to have a dog, but we are not allowed to have one in our house. At my grandmother´s house in Turkey we have many animals.” “How do you know who your friends are?” asked Dina thoughtfully. “When I played with my cousins from Iran some of my friends looked at me in a very strange way. I really felt embarrassed. ” “I know why,” said Marco. “Because your cousins wore scarfs around their head – it looked strange.” “But this is just clothes that you are talking about.” said Isabell. Suddenly Jelena stood up and said: “No, it is not only clothes. The clothes we wear are also an expression of our…” Jelena stopped and looked at Marco. We heard someone at the door – my father came in. “Oh, your friends are here today.” he said. “We were just talking about friend- ship.” Dina interrupted. “And how we know who our friends re- ally are.” said Valentin, whom I had known since kindergarten. “We talked about us, our friends and about clothes. I just wanted to say that clothes are not only clothes, but they can also express who you are.” Jelena said quietly. Now my father sat down and said: “When I was your age there was a boy in my class who was so proud to wear