Michael was an 8-year-old student. He became ill and had to spend all day in bed at home. Because other children could not come near him, he felt sad and bored.
There wasn't much to do, so he just looked out of the window. One day, something strange happened outside the window. It was a panda eating a sandwich. The panda said "good afternoon" to Michael and then left. Michael was very surprised. He tried to find out what was going on. Suddenly, he saw a monkey playing with a ball outside his window. Next came an elephant with a watermelon in his mouth. As Michael saw more and more strange animals, he began to laugh and found it hard to stop. Everything seemed to be better and better.
Luckily, Michael's health improved, he felt better and went back to school. He told his friend Dave about all the strange things outside his window. While Michael was talking, he saw something in Dave's schoolbag. Michael asked what it was and Dave showed him. Inside the bag were many clothes that looked like animals. Dave wore them to cheer Michael up while he was ill!
From that day on, Michael always tried his best to make sure his friends never felt sad or bored.
