A BEST FRIEND A best friend is always there, whether you need advice, or a pep talk, or even a shoulder to cry

on. A best friend listens with her heart and is always honest with you, even though the truth may not be what you want to hear. A best friend knows all your secrets, understands your fears shares your dreams. A best friend never stops believing in you even if you give up on yourself. you are that kind of friend to me. And no matter what happens, you always will be. You are my best friend.... my forever friend. - Renee Duvall

JOHNY MY FRIEND I had a friend His name was Johny 'twas at my first day at school A day bright and sunny When we met first in the playground, 'mid noise and dust He got in me a friend And I in him a friend found. We became the best of friends Before much time did run And passed all turns and bends In our school life with elan. If he scored big and I couldn't He wished I could too If got I good marks and he didn't How I wished he too got so. In the football ground If I helped him score a goal Danced I round and round And then he managed to get me In the school play, a good role. At lunchtime we shared our tiffin And exchanged books of ghosts and goblin. Together we came, 'gether did we go Even a'ter school did we hang around Saw the same thing, heard the same sound. And then happened the inevitable. A shocking thing, a thing terrible! Johny's dad had an accident And he breathed his last. To his home I went The room was full, many came Shaking their heads and speaking words same "Johny's dad, a good man Hardly a time to die May rest his soul in heaven And his bones in peace lie" Soon they took him away In a coffin brought in a hurry The priest spoke, the ground was made hollow And saw to it all That he lay six feet below.