While Alora was busy reading in the classroom by waiting for the lunchtime an unknown voice interrupted her from behind by saying, "Hey, Hi... Sorry to disturb you. But..."
Alora looked behind curiously to know who that was and she got to see that it was the boy called Ju-Yung.
"Ohhhh... Hello, it's ok... You are not disturbing me...", said Alora with a smile on her face nervously.
"Alora... Right??? I am Ju-Yung. By the way, actually, we want to know when will the next class start as you seem to be attended to the class in the last few lessons that we missed...", said Ju-Yung with a smile while pointing towards the Mee Zun, Tanjim, Kian, Roy and Lablu who were still sitting in the classroom like Alora.
Alora took a look at them nervously with a smile while all of them were waving their like hi to her by wearing happy smiles.
"Actually, because it's the first week, the classes are not taking place properly according to the time. In these few days, there were only a few classes that took place properly. There is a possibility that the lesson before the lunch will take place today as we have so many students attending today than other days and after the lunch break, there will be one or two more lessons. And the classes will return to its correct order in the next week.", said Alora politely.
"Ohhh... So, that's it. Thank you, Alora for the information. Do ask us for any help when you want.", said Ju-Yung happily while others were smiling happily from their seats.
After that, Ju-Yung returned back to his seat and started to chat with others while Alora continued with her reading.
"They seem to be not that much bad or big head as I thought. They are kinda friendly and nice too.", thought Alora to herself while reading.
However, the communication with Ju-Yung and the behaviour of the rest of them while interacting with her could make her feel little easy and that made her feeling of being isolated penguin a little bit lessened.
Meanwhile, finally, the time for the class before lunch break arrived and a familiar voice called out Alora while entering to the classroom by saying, "Hello, Alora. How are you doing???"
Alora immediately looked at the person who was calling her and got to see that it was none other than Mr. Shomaz. She quickly stood up by saying, "Hi, sir. I am good. How are you???"
"I am doing good. Today I finally can take a lesson at your class. So, everyone, please sit down", said Mr Shomaz politely by looking at everyone who was standing along with Alora.
"By the way, there are only bags. What about their owners??? Where are the rest of you???", said Mr Shomaz while looking at the bags lying on the benches.
"They are maybe in the playground, sir.", said Lablu politely.
"Ohhh... Ok. Can you please go and call them for me??? If you want, you can bring someone with you to go there.", said Mr Shomaz gently.
Lablu nodded his head as an approval to his words and then rushed to the playground with Roy to bring the rest of them to the classroom.
After a few minutes, Lablu and Roy returned back to the classroom with the others and took their respective seats by greeting to Mr Shomaz in order to start the lesson.
After everyone's taking their respective seats Mr Shomaz said happily, "So, everyone, let's welcome some more classmates before starting the lesson. Please come in all of you."
Then with the calling of Mr Shomaz ten to twelve female students entered the classroom and took seats in the rest of the benches around Alora.
Alora was welcoming them with a happy smile while some of them happily sitting down next to her and some of them happily sitting around on the benches near her.
"Ok then as everyone has sitten down. Let's introduce yourselves to the others. Start from the one next to Alora.", said Mr Shomaz happily while pointing the girl next to Alora.
The girl next to Alora stood up who was shorter than Alora and had bright white skin along with a honey brown neck-length hair and a pair of greenish-brown eyes. She seemed to be a sweet person who liked to smile happily all the time. She had a happy and positive vibe around her.
The girl said happily in a soft voice, "Hi, everyone. I am Ava Amelia Charlotte and I am from Turki but I have been living in Japan with my parents since my childhood."
Ava was a pretty girl who was indeed a kind and gentle person with a friendly and happy character. It was easy to say that she was a warm-hearted person who easily accepted others happily.
After Ava, another girl stood up who had a whitish brown skin tone along with a pitch-black hair and a pair of honey-brown eyes. She seemed to be a kind and gentle person who had a quiet and calm vibe around her.
"Hello, everyone. I am Ching Feng and I am a Chinese living in Tokyo along with my family who are living here before my birth. Nice to meet you all. Looking forward to being your friend.", said the girl cheerfully.
Along with her quite and calm personality, Ching Feng was a pretty girl who was also a happy and friendly person who used to get along with everyone easily.
After Ching Feng, the girl next to her stood up who was a little bit taller than Alora and had a fair white skin along with the medium length pitch-black hair and a pair of pitch-black eyes. She had somewhat similar facial and physical structures with Alora. She was so beautiful and also seemed to be a fashionable and stylish person who liked to doll up much. She was a bubbly type person with a gentle and kind vibe around her.
The girl said in a cheerful voice and with a wide smile, "Hello, everyone. I am Susan Sheng and I am a Chinese who has born in Japan. My nationality is Chinese because of my family but my heart is Japanese. Looking forward to being a friend to all of you and spend a great high school life."
Like Ava, Susan was also a warm-hearted beauty who used to be happy and lively all the time while being friendly with everyone around her.
After Susan, another girl from the next bench stood up who was so short in height that she was looking like a middle school kid and she had a brownish-yellow skin tone with a neck length pitch-black hair and a pair of coffee brown eyes. She was looking so cute among all of them. She had a calm and quiet personality along with a cold and peaceful vibe around her.
The cute girl stood up and said without any hesitation or nervousness in a serious voice, "Hello, classmates. My name Sachiko Yamamoto and I am a Japanese. Nice to have you all."
Sachiko was an intelligent and wise person who was also a studious student too. Even though she appeared to be cold she had a gentle side too. Yet she was also a little bit an unfriendly person who liked to stay quiet without anyone's company.
After Sachiko, the girl next to her stood up who was shorter than Alora and was a beautiful pretty girl like a doll having a bright yellowish skin tone along with a pitch-black medium length hair and a pair of honey-brown eyes. She was a gentle and kind person who had a peaceful and calm vibe around her. She appeared to be a friendly person along with a shy personality.
The girl said with a soft and sweet voice while smiling shyly, "Hello, everyone. I am Belinda Sato and I am a Japanese. Hope to be friends with you all."
Belinda was a warm-hearted beauty with a soft and sweet personality who got along with everyone easily and liked to make new friends but often used to get shy and smile shyly.
After Belinda, the girl next to her stood up who was a little bit taller than Alora but was shorter than Susan. She was a pretty girl having a dutch white skin along with the neck length pitch-black hair and a pair of dark brown eyes. She had a sexy attractive facial structure with thin high nose and big eyes and also the fuller lips along with the thin jaw and higher forehead and cheekbones. She seemed to be a friendly and calm person with a playful and carefree vibe.
The girl said in a cheerful and sweet voice while smiling happily, "Hi, everyone. I am Suzuki Tanaka and I am Japanese living in Tokyo. Hope to make a lot of friends and spend a happy school life ahead."
Suzuki also had a gentle and kind side by being a warm-hearted person who likes to get along with everyone by being a good friend and help anyone in need.
After Suzuki, another girl stood from the next bench who was shorter than Alora and was a beautiful pretty girl like a doll having a bright whitish-yellow skin tone along with the medium length dark brown curly hair and a pair of dark brown eyes. She appeared to be a friendly person with a gentle and kind vibe around her. Though she was seemed to be a reserved person by being shy and calm, she was also a bubbly type girl who used to stay happy all the time and cheer up everyone around her.
The girl said confidently with her cute and pretty smile in a cheerful voice, "Hello, everyone. I am Shika Saito. Obviously, I am a proud Japanese. Nice to meet you all. Hope to be friends with you all and help you whenever you want. Let's create a happy high school life together."
Shika was a beauty with a brain as she was a studious person who was talented and good at studying. She was also a warm-hearted cheerful person who could get along with anyone and make anyone comfortable around her by maintaining her personality as a peaceful and quiet person.
After Shika, the girl next to her stood up who was shorter than Alora and appeared to be older and mature than the rest of them. She had a honey brown skin tone along with dark brown long hair and a pair of light brown eyes. She appeared to be a quiet and calm person with a cold vibe around her. She was a proud person with the attitude of not caring about anyone.
The girl said proudly with an arrogant face, "Hi, I am Mai Nakamura and I am a proud Japanese. Looking forward to making friends. Thank you."
Mai also was a picky person who wasn't that much friendly and didn't like to come out of her comfort zone to approach anyone. So, she liked to be alone and keep herself distance from everyone by being cold and quiet.
After Mai, the girl next to her stood up who was shorter than Alora and had a cool honey skin tone alone with the medium length pitch-black hair and a pair of pitch-black eyes. She was a pretty girl who appeared to be friendly and gentle with a cute and sweet vibe around her. She seemed to be a supportive person who would help anyone in need without any hesitation.
The girl said with a sweet voice while smiling cutely, "Hi, everyone. I am Sora Takahashi and I am a Japanese. I would love to make new friends and help you whenever you need. Nice to meet you all."
Sora was also a warm-hearted girl who could easily get along with anyone and make friends and also was a person who could make anyone comfortable around her.
After Sora, another girl stood from the next bench who was a little bit short or equal in height to Alora. She had a unique beauty having a honey brown skin tone along with the medium length curly coffee black hair and a pair of dark brown eyes. She seemed to be a friendly person with a gentle and warm vibe around her.
The girl said in a shy voice with a smile, "I am Himari Watanabe and I am a Japanese. I like to make friends. I like to talk and share my things with my friends a lot. Hope to be your friend too."
Himari was a talkative person who was being busy to talk all the time and once she started to talk she would never stop until she wanted yet she was a warm-hearted person who could get along with others and she also had a shy side of her too.
After Himari, the girl next to her stood up who was equal height of Himari and she also had the same skin tone and the colour of hair and eyes as Himari. She was looking cute and pretty with her bunny face. She was a gentle and kind person with a friendly and warm vibe around her. She was also a bubbly type girl who used to always pretend to be a dumb girl and stay happy and smiling all the time.
The girl said happily with her bunny smile, "Hi, classmates. I am Rikami Nakamura. By my name you guys can guess that I am obviously a Japanese. Nice to meet you all. And please, be my friend and I will be sure to be your good friend forever and ever...r. Thank you."
She was also a cheerful person who could make everyone around her happy and comfortable yet she was also a busy body like Himari who liked to talk like a crazy.
After Rikami, the girl next to her stood up who was also equal height to Himari and Rikami. She had a whitish brown skin tone along with the long pitch-black hair and a pair of light brown eyes. She was a gentle and friendly person with a calm and peaceful vibe around her.
The girl said in a cheerful voice with a smile even being shy and nervous, "Hi, I am Sasaki Kobayashi and I am a Japanese. I like to enjoy the company of my friends. Hope to be a good friend of everybody and a helpful classmate to all. Thank you."
Though Sasaki appeared to be a quiet and calm person, in reality, she was a talkative person like Himari and Rikami who used to talk nonstop and also she was a shy and soft person who often used to get shy and smile a lot.
After the introduction of Sasaki, the section of introduction was finally over. So Mr Shomaz said happily while looking at everyone, "Ok then, the introduction section got over here successfully. I can see many familiar faces in this class who used to be my students during their days of junior high by attending to my extra lessons to improve their vocabulary. I am so happy to see you all here together. May I please ask my old students to stand up for me???"
After hearing his words more than half of the class stood up. Tanjim, Kian, Lablu, Roy, Sachiko, Belinda, Suzuki, Himari, Rikami, Sasaki, Shika, Mai and Sora all of them were his students. Alora and the rest of the classmates of looking at them surprisingly as they never hoped that they had ever studied together or knew each other.
Then Lablu and Roy said happily while making others more shocked by revealing, "Sir, we are not only your students but also your neighbours for years."
"Yes, sir. We all studied in the same junior high school and competed with each other in studies. Who knows that better than you.", said Shika and Mai cheerfully.
"We are indeed lucky to have you among us now.", said Sachiko, Belinda and Suzuki proudly together.
"We are really fortuned enough to take part in your lesson.", said Himari, Rikami and Sasaki happily together.
"We are really feeling proud to have you take our class as high school students.", said Kian and Tanjim in a serious voice.
"We are proud to study in the high school where you are there to teach us.", said all of them together proudly.
"Ohhh... You guys are making me emotional. Don't have to flatter me up so much. Study hard and focus on your goals like before. You all are good and talented students. I am looking forward to your performance. Now sit down.", said Mr Shomaz while smiling happily.
He was enjoying his last teaching days of his career and their praising somehow made him happy and emotional. It was clearly visible on his face.
And their words were also enough for the rest students to understand that he was such a successful and great teacher.
Then Mr Shomaz again said by looking at Alora, "Ok then. Now let me introduce one more interesting person to you all."
"Alora, can you please stand up for me for a second???", added Mr Shomaz politely.
Alora immediately stood up after nodding to his words.
Then Mr Shomaz happily added again, "This is Alora. She is such a nice girl and she is from Britain. And also she is new to our country."
"What??? Britain???" "She is a British..." "Can't believe my eyes..." "No doubt she looks different..." "She is so pretty..." "See her fair white skin..." "Wow, great..." "Guys, this is the first time I am meeting a British citizen..." "Me too..." "Me too..." "We want to be her friend..." "She seems to be a nice person..."
Everyone started to talk about Alora curiously after hearing the words of Mr Shomaz. Because somehow all of them were native and had grown up in Japan no matter what their nationality was.
And also somehow it was there first time to meet a British citizen too which was making them more interested in Alora.
"Keep quiet and listen to me.", said Mr Shomaz while looking at everyone.
After hearing Mr Shomaz warning all of them keep became silent and started to focus on what he was going to say.
Then he again added politely while pointing his hand towards Alora, "Alora is new to here and she is weak in Japanese. So, you all are going to help her Japanese like good classmates and friends, won't you???"
"Yes, sir. We will love to help her and become her friends.", said all of her classmates cheerfully.
Hearing their words Alora felt a relief and smiled happily by saying, "Thank you so much everyone and I am looking forward to being your friend too."
"Wow, she has a pretty smile..." "See she is a friendly person..." "She is not only beautiful but also a nice person..." "We will talk with her after the class..."
Everyone seemed too excited to talk with her and happy to have her among them. Somehow Alora was also glad to be with them and was happy that they accepted her faster than she had expected and also her feeling of being isolated penguin became to vanish gradually.
"Ok then, please keep quiet and Alora, you can sit down. I am so happy that you guys are so eager to help Alora improving her Japanese.", said Mr Shomaz happily.
Then he added while turning the page of his teacher's copy, "So, let's beginning the class. Bring out the second book of your English grammar textbook and open the page no: 10."
After that, all of followed the instruction of Mr Shomaz and have a peaceful and interesting lesson.
All of them enjoyed his class and liked his way of teaching. There was no doubt that he was a good teacher with a great skill to keep his students attentive in his class and make students interested in whatever he was teaching.
The time passed quickly and the class time of Mr Shomaz got over with the ringing of the bell and the lunch break started.
Then Mr Shomaz took his leave from everyone and headed towards the teachers's room.
But before leaving he said politely to Alora, "Take care. If I have time, I will again take another class of you all. And the classmates of yours are good people. I know them. So, don't worry and go with the flow. Now you have a lot of friends to have fun. Go and spend time with them. Take care, my child."
"Thank you so much, sir.", said Alora politely in a happy voice and Mr Shomaz gave her a polite smile and went away.
Somehow Alora knew that Mr Shomaz was helping her with making friends faster so that she could adopt the new people and the new environment easily. So, she was so grateful to him.
After Mr Shomaz leaving everyone got busy with a lunch break and also most of them got busy with Alora.
"Hi, I am Cheng Feng. Nice to meet you.", said Cheng Feng happily while expanding her hand.
"Hellow, I am Alora. Nice to meet you too.", said Alora happily while shaking hand with her.
"Ohhh...hho... You are so boring, Cheng Feng. This is not how you welcome someone. Look at me and learn something. Hi, I am Susan. Nice to meet you.", said Susan while slapping away Cheng Feng's hand by nagging and then hugging Alora happily.
Alora was little shocked at Susan's sudden nagging on Cheng Feng.
"Hey, Susan... Stay away from her. You will scare her like that.", said Cheng Feng while pulling Susan's ear and making her sit back by leaving Alora.
Alora was confused and looking at both of them because she couldn't understand what was going on between them.
"Seems like you are little confused. Let me clear it but before that can I please pull your cheeks??? They look so cute and adorable.", said Susan happily.
Alora nodded to her words by nodding her head. Somehow Alora had got used to her cheeks being pulled by everyone in the past few days as everyone had been pulling her cheeks from the beginning.
"You are so cute and adorable. Your cheeks are so soft.", said Susan while pulling her cheeks.
"Ufff... Susan, You will hurt her. Don't mind her behaviour. She is always like this with everyone.", said Cheng Feng while slapping away Susan's hands-off from Alora's cheeks.
"By the way, we are actually cousins. She is my uncle's daughter and I am her aunt's daughter. We have grown up together and always have been studying in the same class and same school. So, we are friends too. And also sometimes frienemies too.", said Susan happily while making faces to Chen Feng.
"Yes, she is right. We are indeed cousins. Don't worry about anything. Our uncle is also a teacher in this school. We will report to him if anyone dare to bully you.", said Chen Feng while pushing away Susan and sitting with Alora.
"Yes, not only him. We know the Seniors too. Sis Derora is the daughter of our father's friend and Sis Sonia is our cousin too and both of them are reading in the third year of this school. Without them, there are more of them who are familiar with us or neighbours of us reading in this same school. By the way, have you met Sis Derora or Sis Sonia meanwhile???", said Susan happily while patting Alora's head.
"Yes, I have. Both of them are so nice. I like them.", said Alora happily.
"By the way, sorry to interrupt you guys. I am Ava. Can I join with you guys too???", said Ava with a sweet smile.
"Of course, why not... Come here and sit with us.", said Susan while pulling her to sit with them.
"You have such a nice long hair. Can I please touch it???", said Ava happily while looking at Alora's hair.
Alora nodded her head to her words as a yes while Susan was saying happily, "Why are you asking for permission??? She is now our friend. So you can obviously have a look. Come here."
"Wow, you have such a silky and nice hair. It's so soft.", said three of them happily while creasing her hair.
"Can I please try to make different buns with your hair or the different kinds of braid with them??? Please...", said Ava sweetly while begging like a puppy wanting some biscuits.
"Ok, you can do it anytime...", said Alora happily.
"Hey, will you guys mind if we join with you???", said Suzuki happily while Sachiko and Belinda were standing next to her and waving their hands like hello to everyone with a smile.
"Of course, come here. Join us. What is there to mind??? Come sit here...", said Cheng Feng along with Susan and Eva together while Alora was smiling happily.
"Do you guys want to try this??? We just brought this one from the canteen...", said Shika along with Sora while offering them a lot of hot chicken cheese cutlets and chocolate pastries.
"They taste so good. You guys should try them.", said Sora while giving each to everyone.
"It looks indeed tasty. But before that come and sit here.", said Susan while showing them the seats next to them.
"Here open your mouth and have it.", said Sora while going to feed a chess cutlet to Alora.
"Be careful... It's a little bit hot.", added Sora while feeding the cutlet to Alora.
"It's yummy... Thank you so much.", said Alora with a cute smile.
"It's indeed tasty. Thank you so much, guys.", said everyone together to Sora and Shika.
"Wait, guys. Let's have this.", said Shika while offering the pastries to them.
"Let me feed you. Now it's my chance. Open your mouth.", said Shika while going to offer the pastries to Alora.
And Alora obediently obeyed her words by letting her feed her. Everyone was taking care of her like a baby and Alora was enjoying their company while they were also so happy to get along with Alora.
"Hi, everyone. Can we join to you too???", said Himari, Rikami curiously while Sasaki and Mai was standing beside them smiling.
"Why you guys have to ask, Himari??? Come and join us without hesitation.", said Shika while showing them the empty seats there.
"When did you guys learn to be so formal with us, Rikami??? So, don't need to ask for permission and be polite in front of Alora.", said Sachiko while making funny faces to them.
Alora was shocked at Sachiko's act as she never thought that such a cute person could be such a savage.
"Fine... Fine... Don't have to taunt us. Little lilliput.", said Sasaki while sitting there.
"Ohhhh.... Let it go... At the end we all are friends.", said Belinda with a smile and everyone agreed to her by nodding happily to her words.
Alora was happily watching them and smiling cutely because she didn't know how to react to their actions and was also afraid to offend any of them. So, she was going with the flow without any complaints.
"See everyone. I wanted to tell this for a long time. Please don't mind... Alora is so cute and friendly. She has a pretty smile. And she is always smiling happily. I really like you.", said Himari while looking at Alora with a gentle smile.
"Indeed, you are right. She is such a positive person. We like you a lot.", said everyone while agreeing to her words.
Alora smiled shyly to their words without knowing how to react.
"By the way, we all are neighbours and childhood friends and also we are schoolmates too. And Cheng Feng and Susan are our exam mates who we often used to meet during our exams. That's why we don't maintain any formalities and we know each other so well.", said Sasaki while pointing towards Sora, Mai, Shika, Himari, Sasaki, Rikami, Belinda and Sachiko happily.
"That means only me and Alora are the left feathers in the nest.", said Ava in a fake sad voice while resting her head on Alora's shoulder.
"Don't be melodramatic. Now we all are the feathers of one bird. We all are friends.", said Susan while pulling everyone to a group hug.
After that all of them busy with chatting with Alora that they didn't realize the passing of time until the bell rang by declaring the ending of lunch break.
"Oh no!!! The happy hour is over... The class is going to start.", said Rikami in a sad voice.
"No, there's not going to be any class after the lunch break until the last class.", said Alora with a smile.
"Really??? Are you serious???", said Cheng Feng happily.
"Yes, in the last few days it has been continuing like this.", said Alora politely.
"Ok then, let's get back to chatting guys. Yay...", said Shika happily.
"Did we miss anything???", said Lablu and Roy while entering to the classroom by coming from the playground along with Kian and Tanjim who were standing behind while smiling.
"You guys miss a lot of things. If you want to catch up then you can join us.", said Shika and Sora.
"Ok then, let's sit down guys. Hi, everyone. Hi, Alora.", said four of them while taking their seats with a gentle smile.
Alora also smile with them politely while other girls were poking and pinching them for fun.
"Alora, they are our friends too who live in the same neighbourhood and also our school mates along with childhood friends. So, don't have to hesitate or afraid in front of them.", said Rikami and Sachiko together.
After that, all of them were going to chat happily with each other while Ju-Yung said along with Mee Zun while smiling gently, "Can we join to you guys too??? If you don't mind..."
"Of course, you can buddies. Come here.", said Susan and Lablu while patting their back together.
"Wow, you are so cute. Don't mind my behaviour.", said Susan while pulling Mee Zun's cheeks.
"Susan, when will you grow up??? Let him go.", said Cheng Feng while pulling Susan back.
Everyone fell to laugh due to that action of Susan while Racel came to them from the playground along with Samuel, Ayato and Ziang by saying happily, "Hi, everyone. Can we join you guys???"
"Sure... Come and sit there.", said Lablu and Ju-Yung together.
"How are you guys doing??? Samuel and Ayato, what's up??? Racel, change your style. People will take you to be a bad boy. And Ziang is still the same quiet shy boy.", said Susan and Cheng Feng in a teasing voice.
"By the way, Alora and everyone, Samuel and Ayato are our neighbours while Ziang and Racel live next to our area and also we all are schoolmates. They only look weird but they are good people. But it's true that Samuel and Racel are mischievous while Ziang and Ayato like to stay calm and quiet.", added Susan and Cheng Feng happily while the four of the boys were nodding their heads with a gentle smile to their words.
After that all of them together spend a good quality time by chatting and playing mini words games which could help Alora to learn new words.
Time passed so quickly without letting anyone noticed that it was finally the time of their last class. But they got to know that Mr Mijan was busy due to the exam of the second year. So, he couldn't attend to take his lesson at Alora's class.
So, they were so happy that they got more time to spend together with each other by chatting and playing mini-games without any studying.
Alora was enjoying their company while smiling happily and sharing her stories that they wanted to know and also by hearing about their funny and happy incidents together too.
All in all, Alora got to know that her classmates whether they were males or females all of them were warm-hearted friendly persons who could get along with anyone easily. And also she could feel that all of her classmates were being careful while talking with her not to make her upset or awkward and also to make her comfortable among them.
At last finally, the feeling of Alora's being the isolated penguin was melted and vanished away completely because of her warm and friendly classmates who accepted her and accompany her without any hesitation.
The time of last class also passed happily with them and at last the school hours came to end with the ringing of the bell.
Then all of them happily got out of the class together to head their homes while pulling Alora happily with them till the school gate as Alora got departed from them from there with the excuse of going to different directions and secretly went assistant Eric who was waiting for her on the other gate to take her home.
Even though Alora was missing Samia and her friends as she couldn't meet them the whole day and not even on the lunch break as they were still having another section of the exam. Yet she was happy that finally she could have a bunch of friends and lovely classmates to accompany her during the classes every day from then.
Like that Alora's one more day at her school passed by adding some more happy times and a lot of memories to Alora's book of life.