You want me to tell you about my best friends. Well, Alex is my best friend. We spend a lot of time together and he is very helpful. He never boasts and he doesn't gossip about anybody. You can trust him. He is good at math. He is brave. Just imagine! Once when we were at the camp he saved a small boy in the river. We attend the same tennis club with him and on Sundays we go to the swimming pool together. I am glad to have such a cool friend. We have one more friend, Andrew by name. He often rides a bike with us or plays football. He is my neighbour and he lives the next door. When he arranges a birthday party he always invites us to the cafe to eat pizza and ice cream. So do we with Alex. We like to have fun together. I value my friends and I know that they value me too. I believe that friendship in very important in life.
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