— Exactly. I don't like them, __________________. I prefer being at home.

— No problem.

    When I was in the seventh grade, I was shy and quiet, so I was easily bullied(受欺负) used to get very sad about it.

    In an art lesson, just while the teacher was out, a big boy took away my pencil case, threw it across the classroom and sat back down. Later on, he took my schoolbag and pulled it towards him. I pulled back the schoolbag from his hand and for the first time, I pushed him away and hit him on the back. In the rest of the lesson, I did nothing but imagined what would happen next. Then the teacher came to me, "Peter, are you OK?"" Yes," I answered.

    "No, you are not. Come to my office after class," he said.

    There we had a long talk. He made me smile and I became confident( 自信的) again. He taught me some life lessons, and said, "Get up, and don't be a bully yourself, but remember you are stronger inside, and if the bullies see this, they will stop.”

    I remembered these words. From then on, every time I walked to school, I put my head high on the way, and the bullying soon stopped.