There is a farm where many animals live.

Sow: Hi, I’m a sow! I am pink.

Horse: Hello, I am a horse! I am gray.

Cow: Hello, I am a cow! I am black and white.

Horse: Sow I like your red sweater.

Sow: Thanks, Horse! I like your black shoes.

Horse: Thank you, Sow!

Sow: What do you like to play? I like soccer a lot.

Horse: I like hockey.

Cow: I like soccer too.

Sow: Do you want to play soccer?

Cow and Horse: Yeees!

Monkey: Hello, friends, I am a monkey, and I am brown! How are you?

Sow: We are not your friends.

Monkey: Can I play with you?

Horse: No, because you are a monkey. You are not a farm animal. You are an animal of the jungle.

Sow: Yes, you are different.

Monkey: Oh no, then, good bye.

Cow: Sow and Horse, you were mean with the monkey. Good bye.

The cow walks with the monkey outside the farm.

Cow: Monkey, are you okay?

Monkey: No. I am very sad. Sow and Horse do not want to be my friends because I am an animal of the jungle.

Cow: Sorry Monkey. Pigs, horses and cows are farm animals and we don’t know much about the animals in the jungle.

Monkey: Thanks, Cow! You’re very nice.

Cow: Thanks, Monkey! I like your yellow hat.

Monkey: Thanks, Cow! I like your brown dress.

Cow: Do you want to play soccer?

Monkey: Yes, but I don’t have a ball.

Cow: Sow and Horse have a ball and have a lot of fun. Let’s play with them.

Monkey: Yes, you are very generous, Cow.

Cow and Monkey return to the farm.

Cow: Sow, Horse, do you want to play with us?

Horse: Yes, sorry for being mean.

Sow: I’m sorry too.

Monkey: It’s okay! Sow, I like your red sweater.

Sow: Thanks, Monkey! I like that you are different.

Monkey: You guys are good at soccer.

Horse: Thank you!

Monkey: Are we friends now?

Sow: We are good friends!

Cow: Yes!

Horse: Yes, best friends!

Monkey: Excellent! Thanks for accepting me.

Sow, Horse and Cow: No problem!

Moral: When friendship is true, differences do not matter.

Media Attribution

• Illustrations by Cheyenne Pokeda