Story 1 - Full of feelings

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As they walked home from school, Leela could tell that Tig had something on his mind. His face looked strange and he wasn’t his usual cheerful self, laughing and joking all the time.

“What’s the matter, Tig?” she asked him.

“Nothing,” he said.

But Leela knew that something was wrong. What should she do? If she asked him again when they got home, he might tell her or he might get cross and tell her to go away and she didn’t want that to happen.

When Tig and Leela’s dad came home from work, they all had tea together. Their dad asked them how their first day at school had gone.

“It was great,” said Leela. “We sang songs and I knew the words to lots of them.”

“What about you, Tig?” said Dad. “Did you do anything good?”

“Not really,” said Tig. He had decided that school was horrible and he didn’t want to go any more. After tea, he went upstairs to his room and lay down on the bed.