Tyler Tries Again

By Ray Goldrup

(Based on a true story)

The author lives in Utah, USA.

Illustration by Jess Golden

Oh, great. It’s that new kid who just moved in.

Can I play?

Don’t you think you should go home, Wally? I do.

Tyler laughs.

The next day …

I shouldn’t have laughed at Wally yesterday. I should’ve invited him play with us.

I didn’t mean to stain the couch. I’m sorry.

It’s OK. Let’s clean it together.

Who knew getting out a spot would be so much work?

Mistakes happen, but we can fix this.

Something else happened that I need to fix.

I’m really sorry we were mean to you. Do you want to play?

Sure!