My Friend Neil - Lizara's Reading Task

My Friend Neil

Neil Baker’s friend offered him if he wanted to have a sleepover, at his house. Neil Baker felt quite excited and thought it might be a lot of fun so he said “yes”. So Neil Baker went home and packed his bags for the sleep over and Neil’s friend and his dad, came over to pick him up. The characters that are in this story is Neil and his mum and Neil’s best friend and his dad. Neil’s mum had to go ahead to her conference for the weekend. So Neil spent the rest of his weekend at his best friends house, instead of staying home alone.

When Neil made his way over to his friends house, he felt really excited and couldn’t wait to begin his sleepover, night. Neil’s best friend's dad told him some hilarious “jokes” but he didn’t really think it was that funny. After that they offered him if he wanted to practice playing cricket. Neil was the pitcher and Neil’s best friends dad was bowling. Neil’s best friends dad, was bowling real fast and the ball burst across his ribs and left a bad bruise.

Neil was feeling really scared and angry, because he was forced to eat more food from his best friends dad, and he also gave him a bad bruise across his ribs. He was very disappointed and annoyed, so he called his mum and asked her to pick him up earlier. When she arrived Neil’s best friend was really confused because he didn’t know that Neil was having a terrible time. Neil’s mum picked him up earlier, even before the conference wasn’t finished. So Neil went back to school and was avoiding his best friend, from that night that happened before.

Neil had been avoiding his best friend, well his old best friend, and he had to find some new friends. Because Neil didn’t like that weekend, he thought it was terrible and he never wanted to see him ever again.

The lesson in this story is that his old best friend should be more caring about the way, he plays and invites people over for the weekend. He needs to be more empathetic and kind, and not just talk about what his father has taught him but think about what you want to do. Because they are your friends and not your dads.