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No sweatpants, but jeans, a sweatshirt and so on.\" I got dressed, went to breakfast and brushed my teeth.\n\nAs I was putting on my hooded jacket, I asked my mom:\n“Hey mom, what kind of boy was that I saw in the sandbox? I think the tiger looks completely different.” Mom replied: “Well… I’ve never seen this animal, but I promise that when we get to school, I’ll ask my colleagues if he has parents, and so… and don’t forget that dad is coming tonight, he’d also like to ask you how you’re doing, what you’re doing… so get ready.”\nI nodded and we drove to school together. When I got to school, logically I didn’t see the boy in the sandbox. It was raining really hard, so it was clear that he was either already at school or just coming. Mom said goodbye to me at the classroom and went towards her class. I was ready to go to my class, but first I was tempted to sneak into another class to see if that strange boy was still there.\nSlowly, almost scared, I walked to the next classroom, where group A was. I peeked into the open classroom and suddenly I was scared by the class teacher of group A, Mrs. Badger. She patted my back and asked: “Boy, are you lost? What are you doing here? This is not your class! Where is your class?!! Do you know that in this school it is forbidden to go to other classes?! Your class teacher cannot look for you in other classes. If something happens, your teacher is responsible. She insists on knowing where you are if you are in school!”\n\nI ran scared to my classroom and sat down again in the same place where I sat last time. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, because everyone heard how the teacher of the other group was angry with me. I even started crying when Mrs. Sheep came and started communicating with Mrs. Badger. When our teacher came into the classroom, I started shaking so much, I even tried to hide under the table. Mrs. Sheep came up to me and started talking to me in a rather gentle voice: “Richard, what are you doing there? Get out…”\nI slowly sat down on a chair and, scared and tearful, started listening to the teacher.\n“Look, I’ll tell you something. I think Mrs. Badger overdid it a bit, I apologized to her for you. She didn’t mean anything, she just doesn’t want anyone to get hurt at school… it’s a big responsibility for us to have you all together and watch over you. She herself has a son at home who almost got hurt, and now she blames herself for being the bad one.” The teacher stroked me and comforted me, saying that it wasn’t actually my fault that we would be learning such things all the time at school.\n\nI calmed down, took out the necessary materials for the subject and continued listening to the teacher. However, I originally wanted to ask Mrs. Badger what kind of boy her student was. But now I don’t have the courage anymore, because I’ve broken her trust.\nThe teacher checked all of us to see if we were at school and started talking about a very important topic.\n“So, children, I have some big news for you. Maybe it won’t be very good news for some of you, because it’s new, and I think someone will experience something completely new that will help them get to know each other, for example. My colleague Mrs. Goat, who was supposed to have you for gym, is going on maternity leave. That means she’s going to have a baby.”\nEveryone in the class suddenly shouted: “Woooooooow!”\nThe teacher deliberately asked: “Do you know what that means?”\nJakub the bear came forward. “Yes Jakub?” said the teacher.\nJakub exclaimed excitedly: “That we won’t have gym class, and that I won’t have to run.”\n\n“Well… that’s not what I meant. You need to have this subject, so I won’t stress you out and say that group 1.A still has its coach. So I have to make it so that you can connect with this class for this lesson.”\nI suddenly started smiling. Or rather, it was immediately clear to me that if the teacher connected us, then I would see more of the new boy in gym class.\nMany cubs were rather silent and afraid because they don't know the other class at all. They don't know what kind of cubs will be there, how they will behave and whether the other group will laugh at them.\nThe teacher continued: \"After math, you will have Nature and PE today. You will go to the ground floor for PE. I will give you the keys to your locker. There you will store your things, such as shoes, gym clothes, drinks and so on. You must not lose the keys! Put them where you can see them. Each loss of a key can cost you around 200 CZK, due to the possible replacement of locks. And replacement or repair can cost you even more. You will definitely find your lockers. I wrote labels with your name on them for you.\"\nWhen I got the key, I hid it in my bunch of keys, where I also have a chip for lunch. Then I had math, which went quite smoothly. I left the classroom during recess and deliberately walked around the school to see if I would see the boy. But I didn't see him at all. But when I looked out the window, I saw the street. Suddenly, a very luxurious car drove by on the street. It was a black sports car that I know from computer games. The sports car stopped at the school and a very familiar face came out. It was him! The boy I saw yesterday.\nThe boy took his briefcase and ran to school. I suddenly thought to myself: Oh my goodness! This must be a rich boy.”\nHe put on the green clothes he had on yesterday again and smiled as he ran away. I started to envy him a little for having rich parents. Suddenly the bell rang and I had to quickly return to my class.\nWhen Nature started, the teacher divided us into teams. She said: “Okay cubs, we’re going to play a game in this lesson. You’re going to be scouts. Try to draw for me on paper what a scout is not allowed to do in the wild. Whoever draws the most things and the ones that are true will get a big compliment.”\nSo I was quite knowledgeable about nature and I knew what not to do and what to do. But one thing stuck in my head. And that word – Scout. When I asked the teacher what the word scout meant, she told me: “Richard, scouts are people who explore and protect nature, learn new things, go all over the country and try to find out what the word – Teamwork means.”\nBut suddenly I exclaimed: “But teacher, it’s simple, what the word team means. It’s that we’re supposed to help each other!”\nThe teacher smiled and said in my eyes: “The word teamwork is easy to say, but believe me, it’s a terribly complicated word. Do you know why? Mastering teamwork is not that easy… actually, it’s terribly complicated and believe me… I still have problems with teamwork here and there… you’ll understand when you’re older. But I have a suggestion for you… try asking your mom if she’ll sign you up for the scout team. There you’ll learn much more complicated and important things in nature.”\nI was thinking about the suggestion the whole time and forgot that I was supposed to help my classmates in the team with their drawing assignment.\nWhen the teacher stopped us, she said: “So what did you draw for me?”\nSuddenly, a girl with a poodle dog came forward and said: “Teacher? That’s not fair. Richard didn’t even start working. He can’t get a compliment like that!”\nI suddenly felt sad and realized my mistake: “Teacher, I’m so sorry, I completely forgot. Please, I don’t want a five!!!!!” I started crying and started hiccuping again.\nThe teacher, although she wasn’t happy, suddenly smiled and said: “Richard, Richard… I know I may have kept you from working a little, but I want to tell you something… this is exactly the example of teamwork. Suddenly you break away from the chain and stop doing the task. This is exactly the word team. Take an example from this. Don’t worry, I won’t give you a five, just be careful.”\nShe petted me and the lesson ended.\n“Class, I didn’t expect both teams to be so smart, so I’ll give you all a one. You too, Richard.”\nDuring recess, the whole class was moving towards the ground floor, where the locker rooms were. Since there were suddenly a lot of us, I didn’t notice the boy. What pleased me, however, was that I was the first to find my locker. I had both my name and the face of what kind of Cubs I was. I thought it was really nice. I believe the teacher made a point of that.\nWhen I was putting my things in my locker and I took a white tank top with red shorts… ssh everyone had to wear the same outfit, so I took a drink and went into the gym. The second class was already standing in line, like soldiers. They were by the wall on the right side, where the basketball hoop is. When our class arrived, we were forced by Coach Mare to go to the left side, where the basketball hoop was, and line up in a row.\nTeacher Mare started talking: “Both classes! This is how you will always line up when class starts. I will say – In gym class, are you ready?! And you will say yes! So let’s repeat it! In gym class, are you ready?!”\nBoth classes shouted: “Yes!”\nWhen I looked towards the other class, I saw this boy who looked like a tiger. He was a little bigger than me… by a head, but he acted more like he was afraid. He tried to be brave, but you could see that he was afraid. He was also wearing a white uniform and red shorts. I was looking at him the whole time, when suddenly Coach Mare said.\n“So, class, today I would like to see if you can be agile and nimble. I will give you a choice of three difficulties. The easiest part will be that you will first run, jump over obstacles and finally throw a basketball into the basket.\nThe second more difficult task will be that you will do rolls and somersaults.\nThe most difficult part, which I will not force you to do, will be a very difficult exercise. That is climbing.”\nAll the classes suddenly started running, including me. Luckily, I had a physical education class, because as a child I ran a lot with my dad, even throwing a basketball into the basket was quite good for me… however, one thing struck me. The boy, whom I considered to be a strange tiger, was taken by the teacher and started saying something to him. He did not speak at all, he just nodded his head to show that he understood. Finally, he joined us and also started throwing the ball into the basket. When we were doing the rolls, I couldn't do them at all. But the boy surprised the teacher by saying.\ndid one of the best rolls ever. But what surprised all the classes was that when we finished with the more difficult part, the teacher asked:\n\"I know that no one will want to try climbing, but I'll ask on purpose. Will anyone sign up?\"\nSuddenly the tiger signed up. Both classes were completely surprised, they exclaimed:\" What?\"\nI was also scared myself. Unfortunately, it's not in our blood as raccoons. We all backed away and the teacher prepared an iron pole that was hung up to the ceiling. She put a mattress on the floor and pointed at the boy that he could.\nThe boy was a little scared, but he suddenly started climbing as fast as a monkey. He wasn't scared at all, the pole just creaked a little when the boy climbed on it. When he climbed all the way to the top, he touched the ceiling and came down like a fireman. Everyone started applauding him. The teacher praised him and he got a huge compliment. But the boy didn't smile much, he didn't say a word... he was rather annoyed. I didn't understand why he wasn't proud. I was very jealous of him, and I looked at him more like a boy who couldn't do anything compared to him.\nSuddenly the class ended and everyone was leaving for lunch. But the teacher, Mare, kept the tiger in the class and started to do something with him.\nI was really curious about what the teacher had actually said to him, so I deliberately waited by the lockers for him to come out and start asking him about it. I waited about 10 minutes and suddenly the gym door opened and the strange tiger climbed out.\nI hid in a narrow space between the lockers. When the tiger was putting his dirty T-shirt into his briefcase, something flew into my nose and I sneezed.\nThe boy suddenly got scared and started looking around to see if anyone was waiting for him. Suddenly he was scared, he tried to quickly put his things in his briefcase and run to the school cafeteria for lunch. When I was trying to get out of that dusty alley where the lockers were, I tripped.\nBut the boy also heard the bang. Suddenly he turned around while running and looked at me.\nI was lying down holding my hand because I had hit it, but it hurt so much that I started crying.\nThe boy suddenly slowly approached me. He didn't see anyone else, so it was up to him to help me.\nWhen I looked up with tears in my eyes, the tiger boy was standing next to me. He saw how I was suffering, how my hand hurt. So he got courage and offered me his hand.\nI suddenly saw a furry paw approaching me. When I touched it, it was so soft, so pleasant, like a stuffed animal. The paw was almost all white with polka dots. The boy stood me up and suddenly spoke a word. Suddenly I heard his real voice. The voice was childish, yes, but at the same time the kind when a cat meows and starts talking. He said: “Okay?”\nI suddenly fell silent and didn’t know what to say. When I stopped crying, I told him this: “Yeah, pretty good. Thanks… I… what’s your name?”\nHe looked at me and pretended not to hear me or not to know what to say. He looked at me with his blue eyes. I could see how worried he was about me.\nI said again: “What is your name?”\nHe still said nothing. He kept looking at me confused.\nSo I said to him and pointed at myself and then at him: “I… erm Richard and you?”\nSuddenly he seemed to understand what I was trying to say and suddenly he started\n„Aaaach Ich weiß, Ich heiße ooh…. Verzeihung…“\nIt started to dawn on me. The boy was obviously a stranger. That's why he was so afraid to talk to anyone. Suddenly the boy sat down on the ground and started to feel ashamed. He covered his eyes with his paws and suddenly he was completely red.\nI sat down next to him and said to him \"I'm Richard, you?\"\nAll red, he suddenly took his paws away from his face and said his full name.\n„I…. Walter Wolfgang von Luchs“\nI was completely confused. I had never heard such a name before and I didn’t know what to call him.\nHe suddenly said: “You say me Waly. I like say Waly.”\nI suddenly started smiling and told him: “Thanks!”.\nHe didn’t understand me, but I guess my smile showed him that I was feeling better. Suddenly he asked me: “You, lunch?”\nI told him: “No, sorry, mom is picking me up early today, dad will come and bring me lunch.”\nWhen he heard the word no, he said goodbye by hugging me. That hug was really warm. Like a duvet. It helped me a lot. He then ran to the school cafeteria for lunch and I returned to the classroom, where mom picked me up.\nWhen mom and I were driving home, she said something to the boy. “I asked Mrs. Badger, she said that he was a boy who lived quite far away and didn’t understand Czech very well. And I understood that he wasn’t a tiger, but a lynx.”\nI suddenly didn’t understand and asked what a lynx was?\nMy mother told me that a lynx is a feline, but you can’t find it here.\nI didn’t get to the next question because my father came home and asked me questions about what I had experienced and so on.\nBut I thought to myself… “Dude, if that boy doesn’t speak Czech very well, I’m really proud of him for being able to come to our school. I wonder how he’ll manage to learn our language and at the same time learn subjects.\nThat evening I went to bed and looked forward to the next few days.\n\n", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "The next night at midnight it rained heavily. Since there were thunderstorms, it kept waking me up in my sleep. So I was quite alert in the morning, but in this case I didn't get much sleep. Even though I tried to sleep, I couldn't. I passed the time by thinking about the boy I saw alone in the sandbox. Did anyone come to get him? Why didn't he talk at all and why didn't he want to play with me? Why did he wear those strange clothes? And why did he look so strange in general? I've probably never seen such an animal. Suddenly in the morning I heard my mother wake me up around six o'clock and say: "Richard, it's raining terribly. This time, wear something more civilized, where you'll feel comfortable, but you can't overdo it. No sweatpants, but jeans, a sweatshirt and so on." I got dressed, went to breakfast and brushed my teeth.

As I was putting on my hooded jacket, I asked my mom:
“Hey mom, what kind of boy was that I saw in the sandbox? I think the tiger looks completely different.” Mom replied: “Well… I’ve never seen this animal, but I promise that when we get to school, I’ll ask my colleagues if he has parents, and so… and don’t forget that dad is coming tonight, he’d also like to ask you how you’re doing, what you’re doing… so get ready.”
I nodded and we drove to school together. When I got to school, logically I didn’t see the boy in the sandbox. It was raining really hard, so it was clear that he was either already at school or just coming. Mom said goodbye to me at the classroom and went towards her class. I was ready to go to my class, but first I was tempted to sneak into another class to see if that strange boy was still there.
Slowly, almost scared, I walked to the next classroom, where group A was. I peeked into the open classroom and suddenly I was scared by the class teacher of group A, Mrs. Badger. She patted my back and asked: “Boy, are you lost? What are you doing here? This is not your class! Where is your class?!! Do you know that in this school it is forbidden to go to other classes?! Your class teacher cannot look for you in other classes. If something happens, your teacher is responsible. She insists on knowing where you are if you are in school!”

I ran scared to my classroom and sat down again in the same place where I sat last time. I didn’t want to talk to anyone, because everyone heard how the teacher of the other group was angry with me. I even started crying when Mrs. Sheep came and started communicating with Mrs. Badger. When our teacher came into the classroom, I started shaking so much, I even tried to hide under the table. Mrs. Sheep came up to me and started talking to me in a rather gentle voice: “Richard, what are you doing there? Get out…”
I slowly sat down on a chair and, scared and tearful, started listening to the teacher.
“Look, I’ll tell you something. I think Mrs. Badger overdid it a bit, I apologized to her for you. She didn’t mean anything, she just doesn’t want anyone to get hurt at school… it’s a big responsibility for us to have you all together and watch over you. She herself has a son at home who almost got hurt, and now she blames herself for being the bad one.” The teacher stroked me and comforted me, saying that it wasn’t actually my fault that we would be learning such things all the time at school.

I calmed down, took out the necessary materials for the subject and continued listening to the teacher. However, I originally wanted to ask Mrs. Badger what kind of boy her student was. But now I don’t have the courage anymore, because I’ve broken her trust.
The teacher checked all of us to see if we were at school and started talking about a very important topic.
“So, children, I have some big news for you. Maybe it won’t be very good news for some of you, because it’s new, and I think someone will experience something completely new that will help them get to know each other, for example. My colleague Mrs. Goat, who was supposed to have you for gym, is going on maternity leave. That means she’s going to have a baby.”
Everyone in the class suddenly shouted: “Woooooooow!”
The teacher deliberately asked: “Do you know what that means?”
Jakub the bear came forward. “Yes Jakub?” said the teacher.
Jakub exclaimed excitedly: “That we won’t have gym class, and that I won’t have to run.”

“Well… that’s not what I meant. You need to have this subject, so I won’t stress you out and say that group 1.A still has its coach. So I have to make it so that you can connect with this class for this lesson.”
I suddenly started smiling. Or rather, it was immediately clear to me that if the teacher connected us, then I would see more of the new boy in gym class.
Many cubs were rather silent and afraid because they don't know the other class at all. They don't know what kind of cubs will be there, how they will behave and whether the other group will laugh at them.
The teacher continued: "After math, you will have Nature and PE today. You will go to the ground floor for PE. I will give you the keys to your locker. There you will store your things, such as shoes, gym clothes, drinks and so on. You must not lose the keys! Put them where you can see them. Each loss of a key can cost you around 200 CZK, due to the possible replacement of locks. And replacement or repair can cost you even more. You will definitely find your lockers. I wrote labels with your name on them for you."
When I got the key, I hid it in my bunch of keys, where I also have a chip for lunch. Then I had math, which went quite smoothly. I left the classroom during recess and deliberately walked around the school to see if I would see the boy. But I didn't see him at all. But when I looked out the window, I saw the street. Suddenly, a very luxurious car drove by on the street. It was a black sports car that I know from computer games. The sports car stopped at the school and a very familiar face came out. It was him! The boy I saw yesterday.
The boy took his briefcase and ran to school. I suddenly thought to myself: Oh my goodness! This must be a rich boy.”
He put on the green clothes he had on yesterday again and smiled as he ran away. I started to envy him a little for having rich parents. Suddenly the bell rang and I had to quickly return to my class.
When Nature started, the teacher divided us into teams. She said: “Okay cubs, we’re going to play a game in this lesson. You’re going to be scouts. Try to draw for me on paper what a scout is not allowed to do in the wild. Whoever draws the most things and the ones that are true will get a big compliment.”
So I was quite knowledgeable about nature and I knew what not to do and what to do. But one thing stuck in my head. And that word – Scout. When I asked the teacher what the word scout meant, she told me: “Richard, scouts are people who explore and protect nature, learn new things, go all over the country and try to find out what the word – Teamwork means.”
But suddenly I exclaimed: “But teacher, it’s simple, what the word team means. It’s that we’re supposed to help each other!”
The teacher smiled and said in my eyes: “The word teamwork is easy to say, but believe me, it’s a terribly complicated word. Do you know why? Mastering teamwork is not that easy… actually, it’s terribly complicated and believe me… I still have problems with teamwork here and there… you’ll understand when you’re older. But I have a suggestion for you… try asking your mom if she’ll sign you up for the scout team. There you’ll learn much more complicated and important things in nature.”
I was thinking about the suggestion the whole time and forgot that I was supposed to help my classmates in the team with their drawing assignment.
When the teacher stopped us, she said: “So what did you draw for me?”
Suddenly, a girl with a poodle dog came forward and said: “Teacher? That’s not fair. Richard didn’t even start working. He can’t get a compliment like that!”
I suddenly felt sad and realized my mistake: “Teacher, I’m so sorry, I completely forgot. Please, I don’t want a five!!!!!” I started crying and started hiccuping again.
The teacher, although she wasn’t happy, suddenly smiled and said: “Richard, Richard… I know I may have kept you from working a little, but I want to tell you something… this is exactly the example of teamwork. Suddenly you break away from the chain and stop doing the task. This is exactly the word team. Take an example from this. Don’t worry, I won’t give you a five, just be careful.”
She petted me and the lesson ended.
“Class, I didn’t expect both teams to be so smart, so I’ll give you all a one. You too, Richard.”
During recess, the whole class was moving towards the ground floor, where the locker rooms were. Since there were suddenly a lot of us, I didn’t notice the boy. What pleased me, however, was that I was the first to find my locker. I had both my name and the face of what kind of Cubs I was. I thought it was really nice. I believe the teacher made a point of that.
When I was putting my things in my locker and I took a white tank top with red shorts… ssh everyone had to wear the same outfit, so I took a drink and went into the gym. The second class was already standing in line, like soldiers. They were by the wall on the right side, where the basketball hoop is. When our class arrived, we were forced by Coach Mare to go to the left side, where the basketball hoop was, and line up in a row.
Teacher Mare started talking: “Both classes! This is how you will always line up when class starts. I will say – In gym class, are you ready?! And you will say yes! So let’s repeat it! In gym class, are you ready?!”
Both classes shouted: “Yes!”
When I looked towards the other class, I saw this boy who looked like a tiger. He was a little bigger than me… by a head, but he acted more like he was afraid. He tried to be brave, but you could see that he was afraid. He was also wearing a white uniform and red shorts. I was looking at him the whole time, when suddenly Coach Mare said.
“So, class, today I would like to see if you can be agile and nimble. I will give you a choice of three difficulties. The easiest part will be that you will first run, jump over obstacles and finally throw a basketball into the basket.
The second more difficult task will be that you will do rolls and somersaults.
The most difficult part, which I will not force you to do, will be a very difficult exercise. That is climbing.”
All the classes suddenly started running, including me. Luckily, I had a physical education class, because as a child I ran a lot with my dad, even throwing a basketball into the basket was quite good for me… however, one thing struck me. The boy, whom I considered to be a strange tiger, was taken by the teacher and started saying something to him. He did not speak at all, he just nodded his head to show that he understood. Finally, he joined us and also started throwing the ball into the basket. When we were doing the rolls, I couldn't do them at all. But the boy surprised the teacher by saying.
did one of the best rolls ever. But what surprised all the classes was that when we finished with the more difficult part, the teacher asked:
"I know that no one will want to try climbing, but I'll ask on purpose. Will anyone sign up?"
Suddenly the tiger signed up. Both classes were completely surprised, they exclaimed:" What?"
I was also scared myself. Unfortunately, it's not in our blood as raccoons. We all backed away and the teacher prepared an iron pole that was hung up to the ceiling. She put a mattress on the floor and pointed at the boy that he could.
The boy was a little scared, but he suddenly started climbing as fast as a monkey. He wasn't scared at all, the pole just creaked a little when the boy climbed on it. When he climbed all the way to the top, he touched the ceiling and came down like a fireman. Everyone started applauding him. The teacher praised him and he got a huge compliment. But the boy didn't smile much, he didn't say a word... he was rather annoyed. I didn't understand why he wasn't proud. I was very jealous of him, and I looked at him more like a boy who couldn't do anything compared to him.
Suddenly the class ended and everyone was leaving for lunch. But the teacher, Mare, kept the tiger in the class and started to do something with him.
I was really curious about what the teacher had actually said to him, so I deliberately waited by the lockers for him to come out and start asking him about it. I waited about 10 minutes and suddenly the gym door opened and the strange tiger climbed out.
I hid in a narrow space between the lockers. When the tiger was putting his dirty T-shirt into his briefcase, something flew into my nose and I sneezed.
The boy suddenly got scared and started looking around to see if anyone was waiting for him. Suddenly he was scared, he tried to quickly put his things in his briefcase and run to the school cafeteria for lunch. When I was trying to get out of that dusty alley where the lockers were, I tripped.
But the boy also heard the bang. Suddenly he turned around while running and looked at me.
I was lying down holding my hand because I had hit it, but it hurt so much that I started crying.
The boy suddenly slowly approached me. He didn't see anyone else, so it was up to him to help me.
When I looked up with tears in my eyes, the tiger boy was standing next to me. He saw how I was suffering, how my hand hurt. So he got courage and offered me his hand.
I suddenly saw a furry paw approaching me. When I touched it, it was so soft, so pleasant, like a stuffed animal. The paw was almost all white with polka dots. The boy stood me up and suddenly spoke a word. Suddenly I heard his real voice. The voice was childish, yes, but at the same time the kind when a cat meows and starts talking. He said: “Okay?”
I suddenly fell silent and didn’t know what to say. When I stopped crying, I told him this: “Yeah, pretty good. Thanks… I… what’s your name?”
He looked at me and pretended not to hear me or not to know what to say. He looked at me with his blue eyes. I could see how worried he was about me.
I said again: “What is your name?”
He still said nothing. He kept looking at me confused.
So I said to him and pointed at myself and then at him: “I… erm Richard and you?”
Suddenly he seemed to understand what I was trying to say and suddenly he started
„Aaaach Ich weiß, Ich heiße ooh…. Verzeihung…“
It started to dawn on me. The boy was obviously a stranger. That's why he was so afraid to talk to anyone. Suddenly the boy sat down on the ground and started to feel ashamed. He covered his eyes with his paws and suddenly he was completely red.
I sat down next to him and said to him "I'm Richard, you?"
All red, he suddenly took his paws away from his face and said his full name.
„I…. Walter Wolfgang von Luchs“
I was completely confused. I had never heard such a name before and I didn’t know what to call him.
He suddenly said: “You say me Waly. I like say Waly.”
I suddenly started smiling and told him: “Thanks!”.
He didn’t understand me, but I guess my smile showed him that I was feeling better. Suddenly he asked me: “You, lunch?”
I told him: “No, sorry, mom is picking me up early today, dad will come and bring me lunch.”
When he heard the word no, he said goodbye by hugging me. That hug was really warm. Like a duvet. It helped me a lot. He then ran to the school cafeteria for lunch and I returned to the classroom, where mom picked me up.
When mom and I were driving home, she said something to the boy. “I asked Mrs. Badger, she said that he was a boy who lived quite far away and didn’t understand Czech very well. And I understood that he wasn’t a tiger, but a lynx.”
I suddenly didn’t understand and asked what a lynx was?
My mother told me that a lynx is a feline, but you can’t find it here.
I didn’t get to the next question because my father came home and asked me questions about what I had experienced and so on.
But I thought to myself… “Dude, if that boy doesn’t speak Czech very well, I’m really proud of him for being able to come to our school. I wonder how he’ll manage to learn our language and at the same time learn subjects.
That evening I went to bed and looked forward to the next few days.

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