Whenitcomestofriends,Idesirethosewhowillsharemyhappiness,whohaswingsoftheirownandwhowillflywithme.
WhenIwasintheeighthgrade,Ihadafriend.Wewereshyand“tooserious”aboutourstudieswhenitwasbecomingfashionablewithourclassmatestolearnacceptablesocialbehaviors.Wesaidlittleatschool,butshewouldcometomyhouseandwewouldsitdownwithpencilsandpaper,andoneofuswouldsay,“Let’sstartwithatrainwhistle（鸣笛）today.”Wewouldsitquietlytogetherandwriteseparatepoemsorstoriesthatgrewoutofatrainwhistle.Thenwewouldreadthemaloud.Attheendofthatschoolyear,we,too,werechangingintosocialpersonsandthestoriesandpoemsstopped.
WhenIlivedforatimeinLondon,Ihadafriend.Hewasindespair（失望）andIwasindespair,too.Butourfriendshipwasbasedontheideaineachofusthatwewouldbesorrylaterifwedidnottraveloverthisgreatcitybecausewehadfeltbadatthetime.WemeteverySundayforfiveweeksandfoundmanyexcellentthings.Wewalkeduntilourdespairsdisappearedandthenweparted.WegaveLondontoeachother.
ForalmostfouryearsIhavehadagreatfriendwhoseimaginationbrightensmine.Wewritelonglettersinwhichweoftendiscoverourstrangestselves.Eachofusappears,sometimesinafunnyway,intheother’sdreams.SheandIagreethat,atcertaintimes,weseemtobepartsofthesamemind.
Itissuchcomfortingcompanions（陪伴）Iwishtokeep.Onebrighthourwiththeirkindisworthmoretomethanthelifetimeservicesofapsychologist,whowillonlyfillupthehealingsilencenecessarytothosedarkestmomentsinwhichIwouldratherbewithmyownbestfriend.
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