Michael was an 8-year-old student from America. He became ill and had to spend all day in bed at home. He felt sad and bored because other children could not come near him.
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. Michael saw more and more strange animals, and he began to laugh and laugh. Everything seemed to be better and better.
Luckily, Michael's health improved. When he felt better, he 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 he found many clothes that looked like animals. Dave wore them to make Michael feel happy while he was ill!
From that day on, Michael always tried his best to make sure that his friends would never feel sad or bored.
