WhenIwasintheeighthgrade,Ihadafriend．Wewereshyand“tooserious”aboutwhenitwasbecomingfashionablewithourclassmatestolearnacceptablesocialbehaviors．Wesaidlittleatschool,butshewouldcometomyhouseandwewouldsit

　　WhenIwasintheeighthgrade,Ihadafriend．Wewereshyand“tooserious”about

　　whenitwasbecomingfashionablewithourclassmatestolearnacceptablesocialbehaviors．Wesaidlittleatschool,butshewouldcometomyhouseandwewouldsitdownwithpencilsandpaper,andoneofuswouldsay：“Let’sstartwithatrainwhistletoday．”Wewouldsitquietlytogetherandwriteseparatepoemsorstoriesthatgrewoutofatrainwhistle．Thenwewouldreadthemaloud．Attheendofthatschoolyear,we,too,werechangingintosocialcreaturesandthestoriesandpoemsstopped．

　　WhenIlivedforatimeinLondon,Ihadafriend,HewasindespairandIwasindespair．Butourfriendshipwasbasedontheideaineachofusthatwewouldbesorrylaterifwedidnotexplorethisgreatcitybecausewehadfeltbadatthetime．WemeteverySundayforfiveweeksandfoundmanyexcellentthings．Wewalkeduntilourdespairsdisappearedandthenweparted．WegaveLondontoeachother．

　　ForalmostfouryearsIhavehadremarkablefriendwhoseimaginationilluminatesmine．Wewritelonglettersinwhichweoftendiscoverourstrangestselves．Eachofusappears,sometimesinafunnyway,intheother’sdreams．SheandIagreethat,atcertaintimes,weseemtobepartsofthesamemind．Inmymostinterestingmoments,Ioftenthink：“Yes,Imusttell…．”Wehavenevermet．

　　ItissuchcomfortingcompanionsIwishtokeep．Onebrighthourwiththeirkindisworthmoretomethanthelifetimeservicesofapsychologist,whowillonlyfillupthehealingsilencenecessarytothosedarkestmomentsinwhichIwouldratherbemyownbestfriend．

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