Friendship commitment and perseverance

María Claudia Tarazona Vásquez
ILSC Creative English
2 min readFeb 23, 2015

Everyday in the farm, the sun comes out at 6:00 am, the birds start to sing and everybody begins their routines in this wonderful place.
The hen puts her eggs and takes care of the baby chicks and the family of pigs play in the mud.
But the duck’s house is in a dark place, his name is Moe, he is sad and afraid to goes out because his mom died when he was a little baby. The hen take care of him, but sometimes it’s difficult because his fears are so big that he doesn't like to talk or to express his feelings with others.

Everyday, Sam, the little pig, goes to Moe’s home to invite him to go out to play, but he never wants to. So the little pig stayed with him telling him how beautiful the farm is and all the things that he can do outside.
One afternoon Sam asked Moe why he feels so scared all the time and the duck started to cry and said “I feel that everyone is going to hurt me and my biggest fear is the water because I don’t know how to swim or float as all the ducks in the world and my mom is not here to teach me.”

It was a sad moment, but the little pig decided to help Moe to feel confident in his abilities, especially of swimming or floating on the lake. Sam asked Moe to allow him to help and he accepted.

Moe and Sam tired of the training

Sam and Moe went to train everyday on the lake. Sam gave him encouragement and was always screaming,

Moe YOU CAN DO IT!

Moe began to speak to more animals on the farm and he felt so good and safe. The hen was grateful for Sam for being amiable and patient. She was so happy and proud of the behavior of these animals.

One day Sam was surprised because he saw Moe swimming and floating in the lake with the other ducks. Sam was so happy looking at him and thought that the all of the effort and the practice served to help his friend to overcome his fears.

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