Ryan has a lot of friends at school. At lunch time everyone wants to play with Ryan. He's the fastest runner, the best pitcher in baseball, and at his birthday parties, his parents let him watch really scary movies. Everyone thinks Ryan is cool.
Anders is a new student at school. He's from Norway and doesn't speak a lot of English. He doesn't know how to play the games that all the other kids play at school. He's not very good at sports, and because he can't really talk to anyone, he doesn't invite anyone over to his house to play, and no-one invites him to play.
One day, while all the kids were eating lunch, some of the guys started making fun of Anders' lunch. His parents had packed him some cabbage stew.
"Your lunch stinks!" one of the boys yelled after the teacher left the room.
All of the others joined in shouting at Anders. Except for Ryan.
Ryan picked up his lunch, stood up and walked over to Anders, who was sitting by himself. Ryan pointed to the empty chair beside Anders. Anders didn't respond. Ryan pulled the chair out and sat beside Anders.
"Throw his stink soup at him!" another of the boys yelled.
Ryan offered Anders half of his sandwich. Anders shook his head "No." Ryan pointed to the soup and asked, "Can I try that?" Anders didn't know how to respond. Ryan held his hand out for the spoon and Anders, slowly, gave it to him. Ryan took a spoonful of the soup and smiled. He once again offered Anders the half a sandwich. Anders took it, took a bite, smiled, looked at Ryan and said "This sandwich is gross!"
Everyone in the room stopped. Ryan saw Anders' smile and started laughing at his joke.
Questions for Discussion:
1. What happens next?
2. What did the other children expect Ryan to do after Anders said his sandwich was gross?
3. Did Ryan tell the other kids to settle down?
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