Once upon a time, in a sunny school yard, lived Poet Priya. She loved words! Happy words, silly words, kind words. Her words danced like butterflies.
Zippity-zap! Every day, Priya wrote little poems. She wrote them on pink paper. She wrote them on purple paper.
Words like: "You are bright!" "You are kind!" "You make me smile!" But one day, Bully Blake came stomping.
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! He had big boots and a big frown."Your poems are dumb!" Blake shouted. His words were sharp like thorns. Ouch!
Priya's smile went away. Poof! Her butterflies stopped dancing. She felt small.
She felt sad. A tear went plink on her poem. The other kids saw. Lily looked worried.
Max looked worried. Everyone looked worried. Oh no! But Priya took a deep breath.
Whoosh! She had an idea. A sparkly, twinkly idea! She took out her sparkly pen.
Swish! She wrote new words. Not mean words. Not sharp words.
Kind words! She walked to Blake. Step, step, step. Her heart went boom-boom-boom."Blake," she said soft and slow,"these words are for you." Blake crossed his arms."Hmph!" Priya read: "Blake has strong arms for helping!
Blake has a big laugh when he is happy! Blake has a good heart!" Blake's eyes got big. Wide like saucers!
His frown went soft. His boots stopped stomping."For... for me?" Blake whispered."Yes!" Priya smiled."Words can hurt.
But words can heal too!" Blake looked at the ground."I said mean words. I hurt your heart.
I feel bad." Priya nodded."You can fix it! Can you guess what happened next?" Blake took the sparkly pen. He wrote: "Priya, your poems make sunshine! I am sorry I was mean. Will you be my friend?" Priya's butterflies came back! Zoom! Zoom! They danced all around."Yes!" she giggled."Let's make happy words together!" Every day after that, Priya and Blake made kindness poems.
They wrote: "You are brave!" "You are funny!" "You are loved!" They put poems in lunch boxes.
Swoosh! They hid poems in cubbies. Swish! They gave poems to everyone!
Soon the whole school was smiling. Big smiles! Little smiles! All the smiles!
Lily found a poem: "Your giggle is magic!" She giggled like jingle bells! Max found a poem: "Your drawings are super cool!" He drew the biggest dinosaur ever!
Even the teacher got one: "You make learning fun!" She did a happy dance! Blake stopped being a bully. He became a buddy!
He helped carry books. He shared his crayons. He said "please" and "thank you"! One day, Blake asked Priya,"How did you know the magic?" Priya smiled her brightest smile."Kind words are magic! They make hearts grow big and warm! Try it!" So Blake went to Mike, who looked sad."Mike, you run super fast! Want to play?" Mike's face lit up like a light bulb!"Really? Yay!" The whole school became a kindness place. A hug place.
A smile place! Priya made a big poster. It said: "Words are like crayons! You can color the world happy!" She drew rainbows and hearts and stars! Everyone signed their name. Swish! Swish!
Swish! So many names! At the end of the day, Priya and Blake sat under the kindness tree. The leaves whispered: "Good job!
Good job!" "Your words healed my heart," Priya told Blake."Your words healed mine too," Blake said."I was just scared.
Mean words were my shield. But kindness is better!" They watched the sunset. Pink!
Orange! Gold! Just like their kindness poems! And every morning, the first thing they said was: "Let's spread more kind words today!" Because they learned the best magic of all: Kind words make everyone feel like sunshine! And that's a magic we can all make! The end! Now you try: What kind words will you share today?