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A scene from the story, "The Bond of Friendship."

The Bond of Friendship

A scene from the story, "The Bond of Friendship."

A scene from the story, "The Bond of Friendship."

The Bond of Friendship

A scene from the story, "The Bond of Friendship."

A scene from the story, "The Bond of Friendship."

The Bond of Friendship

A scene from the story, "The Bond of Friendship."

A boy leaving his friends.

Boy

A boy leaving his friends.

An illustration of a group of friend greeting each other.

Greeting Friends

An illustration of a group of friend greeting each other.

"See here's a man who is quite generous found, / His sunshine friends are gathered thick around, / From many parts they come, both far and near, / He fully feasts with them all with much good cheer; / To all who call, he makes himself their friend, / With feelings kind, he doth his money lend: / They eat him up - when some help he's wishing, / His numerous friends are fond among the missing."—Barber, 1857

He Makes Himself Sugar, the Flies Eat Him Up

"See here's a man who is quite generous found, / His sunshine friends are gathered thick around, / From…

"Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him." Job 2:11 ASV <p>Illustration of Job sitting on the ground, against a wall, head covered and bowed. Three of his friends sit across from him. One is speaking with his right arm raised, finger pointing skyward. Another rests his head on his fist and a third looks intently at Job.

Job is Patient as His Friends Bemoan Him

"Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from…