The Story of
Ming
By Lee Lee Cross
There was a big quiet village in
China. A girl named Ming lived there with her family. She was
eleven years old. She had two older brothers who were always getting
into mischief. Her parents let her do more things than her brothers.
Her parents thought that Ming was special.
One day she asked her parents if she could go to her friend's
house. Her parents said, "Yes." When she got to her
friend's house, there was a large group of kids there. They were
just chatting when another girl named Ling walked by. Ling was
not part of Ming's cool group. Some of the kids called Ling over
and started to make fun of her because of what she looked like.
She wore glasses and old clothes. Ming felt like she had to be
mean to her also because she wanted to be cool. But it made her
feel terrible.
When Ming went home she told her parents about what had happened
that day. Her parents said, " There is a Chinese proverb
that says: A wise person makes her own decisions. A weak one obeys
others."
The next morning she called a meeting of her friends and she told
them what her parents said. So she said, "I am going to apologize
to Ling and be her friend." Her friends started to follow
and soon they all came along with Ming to Ling's house to apologize.
When they got to Ling's house and apologized, Ling felt happy
and so did Ming.