Animal Wednesday: Emily's Advice on Friendship

Hmpff! Would you believe kj put up a poem she wrote on the one day of the week I write what I want to and charge her $ 10 for it which sometimes she pays me and sometimes she doesn't?
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I don't know if she forgot it's my turn or what because she seems to be looking back and looking ahead at the same time, which can make anybody very dizzy but for some reason kj thinks that is a good thing for her to do and I will admit she seems happier some of the time. Maybe she didn't want me to do this story on friendship because she had a hard time with someone and she is still sad and sometimes pathetic about it. Anyway, I told her kj to just get over it and she gave me a scowl look that made me think she is not going to pay me my $10 this week.
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But that is okay because my best friend Marianne sent me another of her fantastic hand painted mandalas and told me I could sell it for jellybeans, which I might do but I am also thinking about buying a rubber raft for Cape Coddy next week or maybe another polka dot bathing suit.
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My best friend Marianne is from the Neverlands which I think is a very interesting name for a country. kj told me I am not pronouncing or spelling it right but I know I am so the heck with her for now and maybe for tomorrow too.
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Anyway, my best friend Marianne also sent me this, which she drew especially for me.
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I put it under my pillow every night and I'm starting to have a dream where I am lying on my back and someone is feeding me all kinds of color jellybeans while rubbing my stomach and gently pulling my ears. That is a great way to fall asleep so I recommend that you try it soon.
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So this is the first rule of friendship: Give your friends
little special presents, including drawings, stomach rubs, and ear pulls.

Then as many of you know I also have a portrait of myself being Jubilant which was done by kj's favorite good friend, lololo. kj really likes her because she says she has this really nice laugh and when you compliment her she says, 'awwwww," which I actually like too because she sounds like she means it and maybe even she gets alittle embarrassed when you say something nice to her. Anyway, lololo drew this for me because kj cannot do a very good job of it and I thought that was thoughtful and she made me look very adorable and of course Jubilant. And besides that she listens to kj talk and sometimes she gives her advice and sends her cards telling her to knock it off and cut it out.

So that is rule # 2: Tell your friends to smarten up in a nice way but then in a loud way if you need to so they can save time and not worry about stupid things like someone they liked hurting their feelings or pretending to forget them.

Another picture I like is the one that Ribbon sent kj about world peas. At first I thought it had something to do with the garden, but then I saw this bird flying and kj said it was a dove carrying some kind of peace plant. kj likes that she got this from Ribbon because she thinks peace is a good thing. I like peace too--a peace of apple pie, a peace of radish, even a peace of a peanut. And of course I like all kinds of peas.

RULE # 3: Don't fight with your friends. Try to be nicer to them than you even really are because then they will be nicer to you and there will be peas. (You don't have to be that nice, just nice enough)
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Next, here is something that kj found on Bella Sinclair's blog. Imagine this: She drew this bunny island before she even knew me. That proves that she has good intuition and that she knows alot about rabbits which I now know is the reason why I like her and I let her give me advice. Wouldn't you just love to live here in Bunny Island? I would. By the way, don't forget to pray for Bella because it will help her feel better and that is even more important than anything, even a year's supply of free jellybeans.
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Rule # 4: Be good to your friends even before they're your friends. You never know when something you do might be very special to someone else and make them happy, and if you make them happy they will probably want to make you happy too.
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and last, Rule # 5: If you can help it, don't just disappear and leave a friend sad and worried. Try to remember that when someone cares about you that is important and you don't want to hurt or worry their heart because they will be sad and if they are sad then everything might change and that won't be good because you might lose someone you like and then you will be sad too. (kj says to tell Anonymous Bird she is still thinking of her, and wishing her and Queen Jackie everything good)
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Now do you think kj should pay me $10? I do.

Yours Truly,

Emily Rabbit