User blog:Discofurby/Rhyming Recaps: Friend or Faux?

Lisa was doing some work that looked hard,

When Ms.Shrinivas gave her a report card.

Lisa got A's in a lot of her studies,

But had flunked social skills due to having no buddies.

She thought friends were pointless, but thought it'd be bad,

If aliens saw her F; she'd be embarrassed and sad.

Ms Shrinivas told Lisa to make a new friend,

So Lisa made a robot on which she could depend.

The teacher said, "No, robot friends do not matter.

Make friends with a human. Enough chitter-chatter."

She decided to start by doing field studies,

Of various family members with their buddies.

She observed that you needed to be nice and play,

And to share and  have common interests, so the very next day,

She thought, "Now's the time, so I'll choose the right one,

So that I will at least have some kind of fun."

Petey ate paste and Charlotte Yang bit,

But when Lisa saw Darcy, she thought, "This girl's it!".

They complimented shoes and went out to play.

Lisa fell off the see-saw but she was OK.

They tried sharing kelp leather. It had zero taste,

But Darcy ate hers so it wouldn't go to waste.

At nap time, Darcy had a plushie giraffe.

Lisa used big words, which made Darcy laugh.

Lisa got an A, and went back to her studies,

But didn't realise that Darcy wanted to stay buddies.

She thought they were playing and drew them together,

And Lisa was not very sure about whether,

She liked this or not. Then, while getting shut-eye,

Darcy wanted to play, which made Lisa sigh.

Darcy gave Lisa a cookie to eat,

But Lisa thought that if she ate something sweet,

It'd affect her blood sugar, so she ate kelp instead.

So Darcy grabbed a book and she sat down and read.

This annoyed Lisa because Darcy was distracting,

And she decided, "It's not worth the trouble it's attracting."

So when Darcy showed Lisa a bracelet she'd made,

Lisa said, "Friendship's just not for me, I'm afraid."

This revelation made young Darcy sad.

When Ms. S. found out why, it made that teacher mad.

She said, "You have time out so go mull over why,

We need to make friends and why you made her cry."

Lisa was sad. Was this the task she'd never ace?

Would she never be able to make it to space?

Then Darcy said, "Here is a cookie for you."

Lisa said, "Why?". Darcy said, "It's what friends do."

Lisa thought, "This is why friendship's a thing.

Friends are important for the joy that they bring."