Twinkle the Zebra is feeling sad. Her friends make her feel better and she learns a valuable lesson.

The Mindful Friends

Twinkle's friends loved to have fun together and really wanted her to come out and play with them.

They wondered if they had done something to upset Twinkle 

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Twinkle the Zebra was feeling very low and was finding it difficult to concentrate.

She felt sad and did not want to go out to play with her friends anymore 

Twinkle opened the door of her house still feeling very sad.

Her friends gave her the mindful Jar and taught her how to use it

Rebecca Rabbit told Twinkle "When you're feeling sad or stressed, shake the jar and take some deep breaths until you watch the last piece of glitter fall to the bottom". Twinkle shook the jar and did what Rebecca Rabbit had told her to do. As the last piece of glitter hit the bottom, twinkle let out a breath of relief and told her friends that she was feeling sad because she heard someone else say that she was just a horse with stripes.

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When Twinkle's friends figured out why she had been feeling sad they were able to help her. The friends told Twinkle that she is not a horse with stripes. Twinkle is a unique and beautiful Zebra that is different in her own ways. Twinkle then realised that it did not matter what anyone else thought of her. Twinkle knew she was a Zebra and she was proud of who she is and where she has came from. Twinkle learned a lesson that day: Those who matter won't mind, and those who mind don't matter. Twinkle appreciated how much her friends cared about her and she loved her new mindful jar.

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Whenever Twinkle feels sad in future, she can use her mindful jar to calm her down and she now knows she can always speak about her problems with her friends to make her feel better. 

Maurice the Monkey came up with a great idea He said "How about we think of things that Twinkle can do to make her feel better"

"We could make Twinkle a Mindful Jar and go over to her house together to give it to her to let her know that we are there for her" said Fiona Fox

"That's a brilliant idea! After all, friends are always there for each other whether they are happy or sad" said Maurice Monkey

The friends made the mindful jar and brought it to Twinkle's house. 

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They couldn't think of anything they had done to Twinkle. Rebecca the rabbit told everyone that sometimes your friends can just feel sad without knowing the reason and that is ok!

Freddie the Frog asked "I wonder how we can make Twinkle feel better?"