People used to say Bob lived on anotherplanet. He was alwaysdistracted,talking and laughingto himself.

No one knewwhat was going onin his head.Literally.

The truth is that he had lots of hidden friends: hundreds of lice living in his long afro hair. They were his best mates and were alwayshaving fun together.

The lice were always telling funny jokes. That’s the reason why Bob was always relaxed and in a good mood.

Bob loved to sit atthe beach and play the guitar for hours whilst the lice sang tohis favourite tunes.

They were veryclever and usedto help Bob atthe school tests.His teachers never noticed!

Sometimes,at night they got a bithyperactive andstarted tap dancing non-stop, givingBob a headache.

He used to spraya relaxing smoketo calm them down.

One day, Bob got a strange disease that made him lose his hair. And with his hair,he lost his best friends.

It was really hard for Bob to see them, one by one, going down the drain, being swept away by the wind, or left abandoned on his pillow.

He was devastated.He didn’t want to goto school anymore.For the first time in his life, he felt lonely.

The kids at schoolnoticed he was very sad and prepared a bigsurprise to cheer him up.

They all dressed upas lice and put on a big showat Bob’s house.

They danced and sang Bob’s favourite songs, likehis old mates.

Bob was happy again.

He had foundnew friends.

They had been thereby his side all alongand he had nevernoticed how amazing they were!