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This Problem Is No Joke
Cara tells her friend Sam that she is going to enter the school talent show. She wants to tell jokes. Sam doesn’t think Cara’s jokes are funny. In fact, he thinks they’re terrible. Sam knows Cara is excited to be in the show. But he’s also afraid she’ll get booed.
What should Sam do?