Some Characters Become Your Friends For Life. That's How It Was For Me With Betsy-tacy.
Old Friends Die On You, And They're Irreplaceable. You Become Dependent.
You Always Fed Strays And Bent Down To Talk To The Dogs You Met On The Street, Looking Straight Into Their Eyes As If They Were Old Friends. (maybe They Are, You Said. From Another Life.) You Liked To Go To The Pound And Look At Them. You Tried To Send Them Messages Of Comfort. I Couldn’t Go Because I Started Crying The One Time I Tried. All Those Eyes And The Barks Like Sobs.
O God, Protect Me From My Friends, That They Have Not Power Over Me. Thou Hast Giv'n Me Power To Protect Myself From Thy Bitterest Enemies.
I Was Angry With My Friend: I Told My Wrath, My Wrath Did End. I Was Angry With My Foe: I Told It Not, My Wrath Did Grow.
Thy Friendship Oft Has Made My Heart To Ache: Do Be My Enemy For Friendship's Sake.
Friendship! Mysterious Cement Of The Soul, Sweet'ner Of Life, And Solder Of Society.
