How to Fix a Mistake

22 How to Fix a Mistake Last week, I learned a really good lesson. Let me tell you what happened. My friend Allan and I were playing catch in my yard. We were having fun throwing the ball back and forth. Then, I threw the ball too hard and Allan missed his catch. The ball hit my neighbour's window. We heard the big sound. Crash! Smash! The window broke into many pieces. We were scared. We ran into my backyard, and hid. Mr. Jones, the neighbour, came running out of his house and looked around. He was trying to see who threw the ball. We hid until Mr. Jones went back into his house. Later, I saw that Mr. Jones had repaired the broken glass. He was sitting outside. He waved at me. I felt ashamed as I waved back at him. I knew what I should do, but I was afraid to do it. Later, my mom and I were talking. She told me about the broken window. “ Poor Mr. Jones, " she said. " He's such a nice guy. I can't believe anyone would break his window and not stay around to apologize. "

Right away, I knew what I had to do. I told Mom that I broke the window by accident. I told her that I ran away. Mom said I could easily fix that mistake. She said I should go right over now and own up to my mistake. It wasn't easy, knocking on Mr. Jones' door and telling him what I had done. Mr. Jones looked at me after I explained what happened. He was not angry at all. I asked him how much it cost to repair the window. I told him that I would save my money and pay back every penny of it. Mr. Jones smiled. “ It's not the money that matters, " he said. " I was really hurt that someone would do that to me without stopping to apologize. Now that you have come and explained the accident, I feel good again. "