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One day, Alex, I and a group of other children had a game of football on ____way to school. One of the older ____ pushed me and I fell over and tore (扯破) my jeans that I had to ____ home to change. I arrived very late for school that day. I thought I'd get into trouble about it, but nothing ____. After class, the teacher talked about it with me and told me to be ____ in the future. I asked how he knew about it. He said, "Alex told me what had happened." That afternoon I walked home with Alex and thanked him. I knew he was a true friend.