1. How might be his crying face?
Autor: Thabyta Lopes Rego

2. Once upon a
time, there was a
charming and
clever little boy
called Daniel.

3. Daniel always had colorful dishes to eat
and he also could wear suitable clothes.
Fortunately,
Daniel could wear
warm and soft
clothes during the
winter and fresh
and comfortable
clothes during the
summer time.

4. Every day, after doing homework, his baby
sitter used to take him to a beautiful
playground near his house.

5. After some time, Daniel started to
think his routine was a little boring...
So he quickly
decided he had to
find something
fun to do!

6. He sat down for two whole afternoons looking for fun
things to do. By the third day, after a couple hours, he
suddenly noticed a strange child in the playground...
He was called
Luiz...
He seemed to like
wearing old clothes.
Daniel also thought that
Luiz seemed
comfortable getting
dirty because of his skin
color…

7. While Daniel was observing, Luiz
accidentally stumbled and felt down on the
floor.
He seemed to be
really hurt, tears
came to his eyes,
but he didn’t cry...

8. Daniel started to be
curious about that! If
such a painful thing
couldn’t make Luiz
cry, then what could
do? He was
wondering how
might be Luiz’s crying
face.

9. Since that day, Daniel
waited for his baby
sitter to be
distracted with her
friends. Then, he got
closer to Luiz to
meet him personally.
After couple weeks, he
started trying to
make Luiz cry. He
thought it could be
fun!

10. Daniel waited for some kids to pass near them,
so he asked Luiz:
Wow, why do you wear so old clothes?
When was the last time you took a bath? You’re
grimy!

11. While the other kids
were laughing, Luiz
answered with a week
voice and tears in the
eyes...

12. - These are the
clothes I have.
- I take a bath
everyday. This is
the color of my
skin. It’s different
from yours.

13. Luiz used to be sad
for a while, but they
always started to
play again!

14. One day, Daniel was so exciting playing on the
slide, when he accidentally heard a loud noise of
something tearing.
When he came
out from the slide,
the other children
started to laugh
again, but this
time, they were
laughing about
hole in the middle
of his short. hole

15. Daniel didn’t know
what to do!
Humiliated,
embarrassed, sad
and angry he
started to cry. He
wasn’t able even
to stand up and
ask his baby sitter
for help. The more
he cried, the more
the kids laughed.

16. Suddenly he felt someone touching him.
Surprisingly it was Luiz offering him an old but
not damaged short.
Daniel felt ashamed about everything he did
to Luiz and apologized.
Luiz smiled and said:

17. - That’s ok. I think
that guys wont
stop calling me
dirty and laugh
about my
clothes, but the
most important
thing is that now
I have a friend!

18. “Mistakes can be forgiven, attitudes
can be re-thought, but some words
could never be forgotten.”