One Friday night, Erin was listening to the radio in her bedroom. She always like listening to the classic rock station. Sometimes it played some Beatles songs. However, it had been a long siku for Erin. She was exhausted, and she fell asleep. The inayofuata day, she woke up, and her friend, Allie, was standing inayofuata to her bed. Allie had a concerned look on her face. She asked, "Erin, are wewe okay?" Erin replied, "I'm fine. Why do wewe ask?" Allie said, "Well, for one thing, it's almost 10:30. Your aunt told me you're usually awake kwa 10:00 on a Saturday morning. For another thing, wewe left the radio on. Finally, I wasn't able to wake wewe for a moment." Erin said, "There's no need to be alarmed. I fell asleep while listening to the radio last night, and I guess no one turned it off. Also, yesterday was a long siku for me. I needed the extra thirty minutes." Allie said, "Okay, good." Erin said, "But I appreciate your concern. I'm glad people care enough about me to see if I'm all right." Allie said, "And I'm glad wewe are, but wewe really did scare me." Erin said, "I'm sorry." Allie said, "Don't apologize. I'm just glad you're okay!" Erin smiled. Knowing that there are people who care about her felt really good to her.
When I had entered the fifth grade, I was dreading it. I had heard rumors that the teacher was really mean. When I met her before school started, she seemed really nice. On the first siku of school, I was wearing one of my Beatles t-shirts. She noticed it, and she said, "Darling, I upendo wewe already!" I said, "Okay, then." She would take up for me all the time. The other kids often called me glasses. She heard them and said, "She has a name, guys. Her name is not glasses. It's Winter." There was one siku when another girl kept picking on me. I finally had enough and said, "I might look sweet and innocent, but that shit is for suckers, and I'm no lollipop." I looked at the teacher. She winked and said, "I heard nothing." I would have had her for the sixth grade, too, but unfortunately, I moved to Tennessee as soon as the school mwaka was over. We both cried. We promised to keep in touch with each other, and we've kept in touch to this day.