MagicianCat’s Advice from Roma
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Magician cat: If I was Mr. Darcy…
Written by Magiciancat.com
If I was Mr. Darcy…
I have read Pride and Prejudice. Yesterday, my friend accused me of something I did not do. What should I do? I feel just like Mr. Darcy!
Catherina, 12
Dear Catherina,
I feel just like you sometimes. For example, last week at school I was accused by my desk mate.
We were doing our homework when suddenly she shouted, ‘Hey! My rainbow pen disappeared! Has anyone seen it?’ We looked around but didn’t find her pen.
I have two rainbow pens of the same kind in my pencil case. My desk mate was asking me to lend her a black pen.
‘Isn’t that my pen? Give it back to me!’ She saw my rainbow pens.
‘No!’ I said angrily, ‘These are mine pens. They are not yours.’ My desk mate started pulling the pen towards her,
‘You already have one! This is mine!’ And then our teacher walked towards us.
We explained the situation to our teacher. Our teacher told my desk mate that I really have two rainbow pens. She said I did not steal my desk mate’s.
But still, my desk mate stared fiercely at me during the whole lesson. At recess, I got an idea. I found my desk mate lying face down on our desk, ‘Here, this is for you.’ I held out one of my rainbow pens. Her eyes lightened up, ‘Thanks!’ And we became friendly again.
So,
You can do these things when being accused of something you haven’t done:
- Find proof that you did not do it.
- Look for help from teachers and parents.
- Apologize to your classmate and comfort him or her.
Ciao for now,
MAGICIANcat studio
Teacher’s comments:
Great job, Pluvia! If only Darcy had your good advice!
Now, the verb borrow is a tricky one. You borrow something FROM a friend, but you don’t borrow TO a friend. In that case, you must use the word lend. Lend is extra useful, because it can be used in both cases (FROM and TO).
- I borrowed a pen from my friend -
CORRECT - My friend borrowed a pen from me. -
CORRECT - I borrowed a pen to my friend. -
INCORRECT