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It was Saturday, not a school day. He dressed                                  The next day, Stamatis brought another book

         in warm clothes and went out, holding his favorite                              with him and did the same on Monday, after school.

         book. He climbed up to the volcano and sat on a big                             His  friends  accompanied  him  so  they  would  pay  a


         rock.                                                                           visit to the sick volcano.

                 “Hello to you Sleepy! My name is Stamatis!” he                                 Altogether, the new friends, the readings and


         introduced himself to the small volcano.                                        the syrup, made Sleepy get better at last, until his

                 “Hello to you as well!” he answered raspingly.                          cold  had  passed  completely.  He  would  not  sneeze

                 “You know I was sick too but now I am fine! Do                          and  he  would  not  cough  and  no  one  was  in  danger


         you  want  me  to  keep  you  company?”  Stamatis                               anymore. The missing tiles got repaired and the wall

         asked.                                                                          cracks got mended.

                 “Do I ever!”                                                                   Everyone gathered outside the community so


                 So Stamatis made himself comfortable, opened                            they would thank the doctor for curing Sleepy. The

         his  book  and  started  reading  out  loud  a  story  of                       mayor gave a big  speech regarding health and its

         knights and dragons.                                                            importance. No one from the grownups understood


                 “Oh  boy,  how  nice!”  Sleepy  said  excited  and                      that  the  real  reason  for  Sleepy’s  health  was  the

         neither of them both ever understood how fast the                               company  of  friends.  Everyone  was  watching  with


         book was over!                                                                  their mouths open, as it is fit in such occasions and

                                                                                         clapped in enthusiasm.
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