An Excerpt From 'Caterpillar To Butterfly'

Caterpillar To Butterfly “ Why do you act like this?” Ming asked Khumba. “Like what?” he replied. “You’re always acting rude and bringing up someone’s flaws.” Ming stated. “I don’t do that. Even if I did, why do you care?” he responded with a disgusted facial expression. “I don’t, but you should. If you continue to treat people like this it’s going to be hard to make new friends. You might even lose the few you have now.” Ming suggested. “Whatever!”Khumba said, slamming his locker aggressively. Khumba couldn’t focus for the rest of the day. All he could think about was the words that Ming used to describe him. He didn’t want to be that way, and he was already that way, he wanted to change. He didn’t know how he was going to change, but he was determined to. The next day, in science class, there was a group activity and everyone was excited-well except for
“What is bothering you?” Mr.Cooke asked Khumba, since it was obvious that he was perturbed. Khumba explained to Mr.Cooke how his friend brought his attention to his bad habits. “Do you want to change?” Mr.Cooke.”Of course, but it has very hard for me.” Khumba replied. “Well… changing takes a lot of effort and time. It may seem like your attitude is not improving, but those close to you will see.” Mr.Cooke elaborated. “Why are you willing to change?” Khumba lowered his chin. “I want friends. I want people to like me, and I know everyone isn’t going to like me. I need to work on myself. I can’t expect for people to like me, when I don’t like myself.” Mr.Cooke could tell that Khumba really wanted to try to be a better person. “I can help you, but this more ofs a mindset goal. You’re going to have to work at this by yourself, even when I’m not around. It’s not an on and off thing. Please be committed to change, or all this work will be for nothing.” Mr.Cooke implied. “Okay, when do we begin?” Khumba asked, hoping it wouldn’t take as Mr.Cooke said.