I, Peter: The Sodor Tales

Chapter 11: Trying to Impress Rheneas

"Well, how are we going to do that?", asked Jesse as we headed back to the wood on Rusty.

"You can analyze yourself and find ways that you need to improve.", suggested Rusty.

"But how do I do that?", I asked.

"You can think about yourself and what you are like and what you have done and what the people think you are like.", said Rusty.

"But I can't do it by myself.", I said. "Can you help me?"

"Ok", Rusty said."First, think about your past actions."

"That's easy.", I said. "I snuck into Mr. McGregor's garden and stole most of his vegetables. Then I escaped him. Then I snuck back into his garden to grab my clothes and escaped without a scratch. Then I ran errands for my mother at Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle's Laundromat and Ginger and Pickles' General Store without complaining. And then I tried to protect my father from Mr. McGregor, but...I failed."

"Well, you started off bad but you're very kind too your mother.", replied Rusty.

"That's because my mother forces me to.", I said.

"Next, think about what you are like.", said Rusty.

"Well, I am mischievous, naughty, but always ready to help my family. And I am also very determined, adventurous, and brave. I managed to deal with my father's death very well and moved on from it when I moved here.", I told Rusty.

"Well, you have great character traits but try to work on being less mischievous.", Rusty told me. "Now, tell me about what other people think you are like."

"Well, other people...they only see me as naughty and mischievous. They only see me as my bad traits and only judge me by what I did in the past. They don't see me for my heroic actions or how I can improve.", I complained to Rusty.

"Well", Rusty explained to me, "You have to prove to everyone you meet that you are what you really are. You have to work your positive personality traits to the maximum level! So you have to be ready at all times to help your family. You must be extremely determined, adventurous and brave. So go and prove to your friends and family that you are a good guy! Confront the problem! Fight! Win!"

"Thanks Rusty!", I yelled as I got off him and headed into the wood.