; A Waterways Project i Publication Richard Spiegel Barbara Fisher codirectors Thomas Perry administrative assistant Roslyn Kaye Teacher Frederick Douglass Literacy Center Lois Rekosh, Director Janet Mann, Center Administrator Stephen E. Phillips, Superintendent, Alternative High Schools & Programs ©1997 Ten Penny Players with funding support from the NY State Council on the ArtsMy name is Courtney and I was born in 1983 Five years after I went to school every day. My friend’s name is Teny. My mother’s name is Jenny. One day I saw my friend playing with his father. I got jealous, ran away and cried. My mother got back from the market. My mother saw me crying. Why are you crying?” she said, “Courtney, Courtney why are you crying?” Tasked my Mother, “Who is my father?” My mother said come here and sit on my lap. She was getting ready to tell me about my father. She said, “Courtney, your father was a good man. ~~ He was kind, loving, and caring. 2Appreciation Girl, I cannot stop thinking about the appreciation that you gave to me. Girl, I do not want to love your sexy lips, your tender kiss, your pretty smile, your round bouncious figure. Girl, please tell me you will never leave me. LOVE TO SHERIE Sherie, the first day I saw your pretty smile. It just captured my heart. I said to myself, “What a beautiful angel just came down to save me.” Sherie, these are the words that I whispered into your sexy ears. I am begging you to remember those sexy words. Sherie, my love is like infinity. 3Friendship What is a good friend all about? Good friends can be good and bad at times. You have to know how to deal with them. Also you have to know how to speak to them. Sometimes they will come to you for advice. And from that moment they know you care for them. They would go home and sit for a moment and think it over. They would know you are telling them something good and edifying . ‘When they are in trouble, they will remember what you told them. A friend will spend most of his time with you. Sometimes both of you will be wrong. But a few minutes after, he or she will feel lonely and will give you a call. That is all a friend is about.Loneliness Loneliness is something that hurts someone in the heart. One day I came home from school and I saw my mother sitting down crying. I said, “ Why are you crying, Mum?” She said, “I am lonely at this moment. I said, “Don’t cry, Mum. I am here.” Then she felt quite happy. At the same moment I told her, “Mum, please don’t feel lonely. I'll always be there for you, to guide you and protect you.” I then thought, “Without a mother’s love and guidance and protection your life will never be smooth.” That’s why boys and girls must protect their parents. This is from my heart!Noodle My name is Courtney. My family and I live with the circus . I go to Professor Noodle’s Circus School Professor Noodle teaches all the Circus Children . He is very smart and very nice. But he doesn‘t look like most teachers. In some ways our School is just like other schools. : But in other ways it’s very differert . We learn the same things you do- how to read and write. But we have to learn lots of other things too. Because we all want to be in the circus someday just like our parents. Our families all work in the circus. My father is a lion tamer and My Mother trains seals.Preparation Preparation is something very important. ‘When someone doesn’t prepare to have children they find themselves in trouble. Choices 1Get rid of the child. 2 Keep the child. 3 Honor the child. 4 Love the child. Sometimes Sometimes I feel like locking myself in a room and never coming out. ‘Why did you go? Why did you leave? Why did you go? You left to a better place But now I can’t see your face Your soul is still with me But that’s no good, I don’t want to be so free I want to see your face Please don’t leave that special place. I know you are in my heart. Please don’t let us part.This Is Just To Say I love to gaze up at the stars. They come in different shapes and sizes, And form many constellations. Sometimes when I look up At the big blue sky Ican’t help but imagine That I’m dreaming. That my eyes are witnessing Such breathtaking beauty. Friends To give advice is very nice, But friends can do much more. Friends should always help a friend. That’s what friends are — for.In Search of a Song Volume 327