Judy walked into the door and as usual her younger siblings were playing, all but one. She noticed one of her siblings looking rather spaced out.
"Hey Lexi what's wrong?" She asked sitting besides her.
"Well uh at daycare today we were all talking about what we wanted to be when we grew up."
"Oh really? Well that sounds good" Judy said.
"Yeah but than a fox named Chase said he wanted to be a firefighter and then everyone laughed at him. They all said foxes can't be firefighters and that they all lie, steal and cheat, and that made Chase sad."
"Oh dear, well that doesn't sound very nice. Are you friends with this Chase?"
Lexi shook her head "not really we never really spoke."
"Well maybe you should try making friends with him. He does sound like he needs a friend"
"Well He doesn't really have that many friends at daycare. Everyone stays away from him, they all say stuff behind his back"
"Lexi if you ever see anything like that going on in daycare you need to report it to your teacher ok? It's bullying"
"But I don't want to be a tattletale" Lexi cried
"Lexi telling a teacher about bullying isn't being a tattletale, it's helping the one who is being bullied"
"Well ok I will tell a teacher next time"
"Good girl, so remember try to make friends with him, and if you see bullying going on one report it"
"kids dinner" Bonnie yelled
"Let's go get dinner sweetie" Judy smiled
"Ok thank you for helping me Judy"
"No problem that's what big sisters are for"
[ the next day]
Lexi saw Chase playing by himself on the swing, she smiled and went up to him.
"Hello Chase"
Chase frowned a bit "look I don't care what you think, I believe that a fox can be a firefighter and I will be one"
"I do too" Lexi smilied "I think you can be a firefighter"
"You, you do?" Chase smiled a tiny bit.
"yeah and I'd like to be your friend"
"Really?" Chase's smile became bigger "this isn't a joke?"
"No it wasn't nice of the other children to laugh at you like that yesterday. It was mean, just because you're a fox doesn't mean you're bad"
"I'm not bad at all, I eat all my veg, I tidy my toys away and I help my auntie with chores"
"Well next time you get bullied I'm going to tell a teacher"
"Thanks and next time I get bullied, I'm just going to ignore them"
"Great hey you want me to push you on the swing?" Lexi asked.
"Yes please and then I'll push you"
Chase got on the swing and lexi pushed him it didn't take long before other children noticed this.
"Get of the swing it's my turn now" a bear cub growled.
"But I'm on it and then Lexi next you have to wait"
The bear cub than pushed Chase of the swing.
"Ow that hurt" Chase said
"Aww too bad"
Lexi helped chase up from the ground "come on let's go"
Chase nodded and walked away with her.
Lexi and Chase went inside
"Miss, John pushed Chase of the swing."
"What happened?" The teacher asked coming over to them both.
"Well me and Chase were on the swing and then John came over and said it was his turn. Chase said first it was his turn and then my turn and then he pushed him of"
"Thank you for telling me"
Mrs Antler went outside and went up to John. She took him inside for a time out"
"Thank you" Chase smiled "I'm so happy you're my friend"
"Me too"