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It was Jake's first day at his new high 

school.

"I know you'll make lots of friends today." 

his mum said encouragingly

"I know mum, see you later." Jake said 

confidently. 

He was very excited to make lots of new 

friends, and maybe a little nervous.

School was like a massive zoo, there were 

friendly birds, pretty horses and big 

wolves.

Jake tried to introduce himself "Hi I'm... oh 

okay." But nobody noticed him.

I'll talk to some people after school then, 

he thought.

He tried to introduce himself again, but the 

other kids ignored him.

"How was your first day?" asked Mum.

"Good" Jake replied, not looking at her.

He didn't want her to be disappointed that 

he hadn't made any friends.

Why doesn't anybody like me? thought 

Jake.

He had said hello to many people, and tried 

to fit in, but nobody had seen him.

Is there something wrong with me? Jake 

thought as he went to sleep

The next day he tried again, but still 

nobody replied

The next day he didn't try again. Nobody 

was going to notice him anyway.

He felt invisible

Jake became very sad, why should I care 

about school when I don't enjoy it? he 

thought. 

He also had trouble sleeping, and couldn't 

seem to stop thinking how everything he 

did was wrong.

"Honey, it's time for bed. Is your 

homework done?" Mum called.

"yeah" Jake replied.

He hadn't felt like finishing his homework, 

but his mum couldn't know that, she would 

just get worried and make a fuss.

Jake began to get very irritated at small 

things.

During his fifth day of school some 

students in his class asked him where their 

classroom was, and he told them to go 

away.

Why should he care?

On his way home one day, a girl he had 

never seen before came up to him and 

handed him a book.

"You left this in class" she said.

Jake, feeling surprised someone had 

noticed him at all, turned around to look at 

her. She wasn't very pretty, in fact, she 

looked a bit strange.

"Can I walk with you?" she asked politely.

"sure" Jake replied uncertainly.

"You seem sad. Whenever I'm sad I draw 

everything good that happened to me 

today. You should try it." She chattered on.

Jake wasn't sure how to reply to this. It 

didn't matter that he stayed quiet, she kept 

chatting as they walked.

"My name's Sally by the way." She called 

as she walked to her house. 

Jake watched her enter, then turned to his 

own house. 

That night, after his mum had gone to bed, 

Jake pulled out a blank book and started to 

draw.

He thought of Sally, and drew her handing 

him his book, and waving when they 

parted. He began to smile as he thought 

about seeing her tomorrow.

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