I have a friend you should meet. He's a one-of-a kind friend. He's tall, smart, handsome, aged 16, and very attractive. He has dark blond hair, wears dark blue, baggy jeans with a white T-shirt and has the bluest eyes and whitest teeth you've ever seen. Hes an incredible kid. He can lift objects three times his weight and run as fast as the eagle can fly.
Once upon a time, there was a man who lived in a village. In the village, everyone called him Mr. Don't know because when someone asked him any questions, he would just answered, 'I don't know!"'Hey! My son, I am sorry that you should stay with your uncle for two weeks. Because I have to go to another country to work for two weeks!' A woman said to her son, Keith. 'Okay! No problem! But what should I call my uncle?' Keith asked. 'Um! Everyone in his village calls him Mr Don't Know, maybe you can call him like that!'
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I think to myself, the moment someone lays eyes on him, the person would fall in love with him. That's without even knowing him! But I am the only one that knows he once had a problem. He was not a sociable person. He didn't like being around other people on his own accord, but I forced him to. In fact, I was the only one that even knew he existed…but anyone. He is my invisible friend and is rather popular now. Let me tell you what happened.
Precisely, he was my invisible friend, but he was also a living thing. He was a spirit. Seeing that I myself was not a sociable person, he had thought that we shared common traits and he had desperately needed a friend. He came to me one afternoon as I was having lunch. I was shocked out of my socks at first to see a human figure materialize right in front of me (so scared, in fact, that I spilt my juice all over my trousers!) Then he hastily told me not to worry. He said that he was a lonely spirit and just wanted someone to call a friend. He had been without a friend for three thousand years. (I was like 'wow'!)
So I gladly took him to be my friend. He was only visible to me and went anywhere I went (except the toilet … I made it clear that there was a limit to following someone around). But my three-thousand-year-old friend's problem was severe. No matter what I did, or how much I urged him, he never wanted to meet another person to call a friend. He was too afraid that he wouldn't know how to be around other people and would be laughed at. Once I invited some friends over, and even though he was invisible to them, he hid under the couch the whole time. In fact, even around me he was shy. Every time I said something to him, he'd say, 'don't know', 'whatever', 'o.k.', and 'don't know'. So when I asked for his name he was like, 'uh…don't know', so I'd call him DK from the words 'Don't Know'. (then he was like, 'whatever'.)
One day about three months after knowing him, I was completely fed up from his eccentric behaviour. I asked him to talk to me face to face, in complete sentences, and tell me exactly when he would get over his fear of being with other people. He took a deep breath and said, I truly, honestly, positively …'don't know', That really put me off how could a person be unsociable that he couldn't even talk to other people? Then I said, "Are you a sissy?" His face turned blue. "Sissy!!?? How dare you? I'll show you!" He then disappeared and reappeared five minutes later with a broad smile on his face. "I am no longer a spirit," he said, "I have talked to the president of the spirit society and he has let me become a human boy, now come on, lets go play some soccer with the other boys. And with that, this three-thousand-year-old kid pulled a rather stunned me outside to play soccer. In my mind I was like "Huh?" That's it? Thats all it takes to transform a spirit ? Well, I still call the ex-spirit DK, although he is now quite a 'know it all'.
I now look back and think that my meeting the spirit has not only changed me to become a very sociable person, but to also know that those unsociable people only need a … boost to help them overcome their isolation from the active world.
You wouldn't believe how active Mr Dont Know (DK) is! I was the one who always tried to force him to do more, and in that process found out how boring life is being an introvert. All in all, I'm glad I met Mr Don't Know.
Then next day, Keith went to live with his uncle. When he arrived Mr Don't Know's house, he saw a man standing in front of the door. He asked that man, 'Who are you?' that man answered, 'I don't know.' When Keith heard the answer, he knew that that man was his uncle. Then he told Mr. Don't Know that he was his nephew. Then Mr. Don't Know turned back to his house, and Keith followed him into the house.
Then, the other day, Keith followed Mr Don't Know to the market to buy food. Keith knew more of his uncle gradually. He knew that his uncle wasn't always just said he didn't know. Sometimes, when he asked any something he didn't want to talk about, he would tell he didn't know. For example, someone asked him why he didn't tell everyone his name, he said, 'I don't know!' When someone asked him if he wasfree to have dinner with them. He also said he ddin't know. Keith felt living with this uncle was very comfortable. Although his uncle didn't speak to him, but he always took care what Keith needed.
Time went so fast, two days left before Keith went home. Keith asked Mr. Don't Know 'Will you miss me?' At that moment, they were in the street. Mr.Don't Know looked at him, a smile appeared. 'I will miss you very much! Because you are a good boy!' his uncle answered. Everybody in the street looked at Mr.Don't Know. They were surprised that they could see a nice smile appeared on Mr.Don't Know's face. Everyone came to Mr.Don't Know and greeted him.
The next day, Keith went back home. His mother asked him, 'Why did your uncle change a lot?' Keith smiled and said, 'Because one day, I told him, I love him so much, and he is quite a nice man. I will remember him forever. But if he can change more and faster, I will visit him again!' Then his mother smiled and took Keith on the train and returned home. Love can make everything possible. Love can change of a man.
I have a friend. When I was born, he became a member of my family. I don't know him very much so I call him 'Mr. Don't Know.' He follows me every day. He always appears when I get some troubles or some big problems.
When I was a child, I felt very curious about sex. I always asked my mother some embarrassing questions, "What is sex? Is it nasty? I don't know sex very much! Can you tell me, Mum?' But my mother did not tell me anything. She just told me I would know when I grew up.
When I started going to school, I felt very confused. It was because everything semed very difficult for me. I had many things to learn and remember. For instance, studying maths and learning difficult Chinese words. But I thought spelling English words is the biggest difficulty for me. Since I thought it was so hard to remember all the spelling. At that time, I started to ask myself why I had to go to school. I really ddin't know.
Now I am a Form 4 student. I have another more difficult problem. That is about love. Sometimes I feel bashful and embarrassed enough to talk with girls. Actually I want to make friends with girls. But I feel fearful. I am afraid that girls do not like me very much. So I become so withdrawn to make friends with girls. I am annoyed enough. I think I will feel regretful if I do not have girlfriend in my future. I really feel depressed. I don't know how can I do. Can someone tell me what to do? I don't know! I really don't know!
Mr. Don't Know always appears when we get into troubles. Who is it? It is our problem. Problems are not so dreadful. But we should solve it actively or ask for help if we feel confused by solving the problems. Otherwise, Mr. Don't Know will follow you forever.