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this thing again (if once more someone does such a thing) we will
return to the notebooks and books.”

We continued to walk into the orchards and we passed between
the lines of trees and smelled the pleasant smell of the blooming.
Afterwards, we found a plateau of weeds, and the teacher said that
we are stopping to rest and drink water, and whoever wants to can
take off their shoes and feel the soft grass on their feet.

And then it happened, I stepped on a bee by mistake. In the
beginning, I didn’t want people to know that I was stung. I
intended to continue walking with everyone as if nothing
happened. But when the rest of the students put on their shoes, I
felt a big tiredness in my whole body, and it was very hard for
me to get up. The teacher approached me immediately and asked,
“what happened Nadav? Is this another one of your tricks?” “No
teacher, a bee stung me”. “Nadav, are you allergic to bee stings?”
asked the teacher. “I don’t know teacher, this is the first time that
a bee stings me.” “How do you feel?”. It wasn’t comfortable for
me that they would think that I am like Danny, a gentle and
sensitive boy. I pretended and said, “Ok, I’m already coming.”

The group started to march back to school. And I got up and
joined it [her]. After each few steps I had to stop and rest. I had
difficulty to breathe and I felt an itch all over my body. Everyone
progressed and only Danny and I had difficulty to catch up [glue
the pace]. After several moments, Danny looked at me and asked
if I was OK. I said that I need to stop and rest. I don’t know if
he was being considerate of me or if he was scared to continue
going alone, but he sat next to me and waited until I recovered.

After several minutes, he looked at me again and said that all of
my body was swollen and my face was covered in a rash. He
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