Chicken Soup For The Soul- Redone

Tinfoil And A Hair Ribbon

Not a letter, not a card, and not even a call.

How could Jane have forgotten, when they'd been

Through it all?

Teardrops and heartache, they'd shared many things,

Crushes on boys, their hopes and their dreams.

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Haircuts and makeup and CDs and clothes

Secrets and habits, they even shared those.

So where could she be, didn't she care?

Why didn't Jane come, why wasn't she there?

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Through the second grade, third grade, fourth grade, too,

The fifth, sixth, and seventh, their friendship grew.

Always and forever, they vowed till the end

To faithfully be there, as the others best friend.

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And they always had been, even when Jane moved away.

But for whatever reason, she wasn't there on that day.

And Allie felt sad as she circled the crowd

As her graduation party grew increasingly loud.

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And then she heard it, a loud knock on the door

As she quickly hurried across the bustling floor.

Weaving through family and friends without care

Hoping and praying, when she opened the door, that Jane

Would be there.

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But there on the stoop was a delivery man instead

In his hand was a package, addressed to Allie, he read.

She reached for the package and brought it inside

And as she tore open the cover, she started to cry.

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For the package was wrapped in tinfoil, with a hair

Ribbon tied with great care

And a million memories came flooding back, as Allie stood

Tearfully there.

For Jane hadn't forgotten, and as a smile crossed her face

Allies memory took her back to another place.

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Many years prior when she and Jane were so young

When they joined the local brownie troop all in great fun.

And Allie was so excited about the Christmas party her

Troop was to have

That she never noticed that Jane didn't seem quite as glad.

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On the day of the party, everyone brought an unmarked

Gifts and numbers were drawn

And with anxious eyes, Allie and Jane both looked on.

At the table piled high with presents galore

Wrapped in beautiful paper and ribbons bought from the