Speaker 1 Kevin is very quick to think negative things about people. Even when he talks about his best friend, he always tells you about his faults. And if somebody hasn’t got any faults, he invents them

Max

What?

Josh

… and he’ll be so upset and disappointed with 

me! I don’t know what to do.

Max

Hang on a minute. First of all, you can’t do what

these guys are saying. You’ll end up doing 

worse and worse things. You have to get out of 

it now. What did you steal?

Josh

Some cans of drink …

Max

Look, this is what I think. First of all, I think you 

should tell your dad. Tell him all about it.

Josh

But he’ll be furious.

Max

He’ll be more upset if he finds out later on. And 

he can help you deal with those boys. I think 

he’ll understand more than you think. 

Jos

But I’m really scared of them.

Max

I know. But there’s nothing you can do about it 

on your own. You need help from somewhere – 

school or the police, maybe.