One morning, Polite Polly woke up to the smell of blueberry pancakes. She got out of her snug bed and put on a light pink dress that reminded her of Spring. Then she went to the kitchen where a scrumptious meal of pancakes awaited her. 

“Good morning, Polite Polly,” her mother, Valiant Victoria declared, handing her a plate for the pancakes. 

“Off to save more people, Mother?” said Polite Polly in a polite manner. 

“Yes of course,” said her mother, and she headed out the door. 

Polite Polly smiled and went to the garden to water her daisies. While she was there, she met up with her best friend, Submissive Suzy. 

“Hello, Submissive Suzy,” Polite Polly squealed at the sight of her best friend. 

“Hi, Polite Polly,” Submissive Suzy replied. 

Polite Polly and Submissive Suzy talked for hours, but then got parched, so they went to get ice cream.

While they were there, they saw Vigorous Violet and Alliance Ally. “Look, Polite Polly,” Submissive Suzy whispered in her friend’s ear, “those girls are so cool.” 

“Totally,” Polite Polly said, even though she did not like those girls walking over to them. 

“Hi,” whispered Submissive Suzy under her breath. 

“Hi,” Vigorous Violet yelled. 

Alliance Ally waved. “Do you want to come to sit with us?” Alliance Ally asked.

“Yes!” squealed Submissive Suzy. 

“But she doesn’t get any of our ice cream.” Vigorous Violet pointed at Polite Polly. 

“Okay,” Submissive Suzy replied and gave Polite Polly an apologetic look. 

Polite Polly had never liked Vigorous Violet and Alliance Ally, but Submissive Suzy worshipped them. Submissive Suzy had always liked Vigorous Violet and Alliance Ally because she wanted to be cool like them.

“Let’s ask them if we can be in their group,” Submissive Suzy whispered to Polite Polly. But Polite Polly just sighed and continued to eat her ice cream.

“Hi Vigorous Violet. Hi Alliance Ally,” Submissive Suzy said. 

The girls spun around. 

“We were wondering if we could join your group,” Submissive Suzy said eagerly.

 “Of course,” said Vigorous Violet. 

“We are always looking for new personalities in our group,” Alliance Ally replied. 

Polite Polly’s heart dropped. She didn’t want to join their group because she didn’t like being in a big friend group. But she couldn’t say no.

Vigorous Violet and Alliance Ally took Submissive Suzy and Polite Polly everywhere. Even though the girls were nice to Submissive Suzy, they were cruel to Polite Polly. For example, they had taped her favorite stuffed animal to the flagpole at school when she was little. So one day while Polite Polly was in her gorgeous room, Polite Polly practiced being self-assured so she could finally get out of Vigorous Violet and Alliance Ally’s group. 

The next morning, Polite Polly woke up with butterflies in her stomach. Today would be the day she would finally stand up to Violet and Ally and leave that group once and for all. She got out of her snug bed and put on the same light pink dress that she wore the day she joined the group. She walked to the pool where the girls were all planning to meet up for a fun swimming day. Immediately she saw Vigorous Violet and Alliance Ally with all their friends. She walked right up to them and crossed her arms. 

“Hi,” they all said in dismissive tones. 

Polite Polly did not hesitate and cut right to the chase. “I’m leaving the group,” she declared and simply walked away. As she was walking away, she could feel the girls staring at her, but she didn’t care. While she was walking home with a smile on her face, she saw a girl sitting on a porch. 

“Hi,” the girl said. “I’m Kind Kelly.” 

Polite Polly smiled. “Hi,” she replied. “I’m Polite Polly.” 

“Hey,” Kind Kelly said sweetly, “do you want to share my ice cream with me?” And that was the start of a great friendship.

The End