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Bully is someone who teases, hits, pushes or threatens another.
If for example, you are with your friends and start making fun of
someone in the group you are being a bully. You maybe thinking,
“Peking Duck it’s all in fun!” True, but you are
having fun at the expense of someone else’s feelings? Any
teasing or hateful words can lead to long lasting hurtful memories.
When I was
a cute little duckling there was this one big brown duckling that
was bigger than me but not fully-grown. He would swim around in
our pond showing off and being mean to all the other ducklings.
Even though he was mean to them most of time the little ducklings
would still follow him around as if he was some great leader. For
some reason they thought it was sweet to hang out with an older
duckling.
 One
day the other ducklings and I were playing tag and the big brown
duck swam near us laughing and calling me names. He was making fun
of my glasses, my hat and my Chinese accent. Soon the other ducks
stopped playing tag with me and began to tease too. Even my best
friend Orlando Jim started to quack up with all the rest of them.
The big brown
duck swam over to me with all the other ducklings following him.
He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “I don’t
like the way you quack!” then he turned to the other ducks
and screamed, “Peking Duck squeals like a piggy when he quacks!”
Then he opened his mouth real wide and let out a big squeal. He
told all the other ducks to squeal and they did. Soon they were
all swimming in a circle around me squealing and laughing. I was
embarrassed and hurt. Tears were running down my beak. I dunked
my whole body under the water to escape. I swam home as fast as
I could. Most of the way home they followed me squealing and laughing.
When I arrived home, I wiped the tears from my eyes. My mother asked
me what was wrong but I never told her. I kept it to myself.
The next day
my best friend Orlando Jim came over to play. He couldn’t
understand why I was so upset. I asked him why he had to make fun
of me? Why he didn’t tell the other ducks how wrong it was
to tease another? He bowed his head and whispered, “We were
just goofing around.” I asked him how he would feel if I made
fun of him? He replied, “I would be mad at you.” “And
that is how I feel right now,” I explained “MAD!”
The point is,
if you tease and make fun of another person you are going to hurt
their feelings and make them mad. If you are with your friends and
one person is bullying another, don’t support the bully; support
the person being picked on. Be a wise quack and say, “hey
stop it!” or better yet find an adult to help you end a very
bad situation.
Remember, if
you join in on the teasing and hurtful word you become a bully too.
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