<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">A Friend</span><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>by Gillian Jones</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A person who will listen and not condemn </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Someone on whom you can depend </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">They will not flee when bad times are here </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Instead they will be there to lend an ear </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">They will think of ways to make you smile </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">So you can be happy for a while </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">When times are good and happy there after </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">They will be there to share the laughter </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Do not forget your friends at all </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For they pick you up when you fall </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Do not expect to just take and hold </span><br style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Give friendship back, it is pure gold.</span></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>