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Stoats:
Stoats  are about 12 cm to 40 cm (5 to 16 in) in length.

Their heads are small and triangular with narrowed snouts.

They are very fierce animals. They eat rats, mice and will attack poultry--hens, ducks and even geese.
Hares:
A hare is about 45 cm long and weighs between two and a half and three and a half kilograms.

They eat grass and young shoots of trees and shrubs.

They are very timid animals.

If you show you are weak, you will usually get bullied.

Trying to make friends and giving presents to bullies will probably just show them that you are weak and they are strong.

Try to make friends with people who will be  a real friend and will like you for yourself, not for what you can give them.

Try to get your real friends to help you to stand up to a bully.

Don't show that you are afraid.

I must remember that, thought Mark, I try to be friends with those bullies and I try to get them to like me. I'll just tell them to get lost in future.

Do you think that it is best to try to be friends with bullies?

Or to keep away from them?

Or to face up to them?

1 What did Mark say to Soapy Stoat?



2 Why did Wolf say that he was right to say that?