[post_page_title]Keeping them back[/post_page_title]
Because he didn’t want to be told off for keeping his pencils to himself, the student asked his teacher whether he could keep some of the ones that his mom had given him.
Amanda could tell that he looked very worried and concerned at the thought of giving them away, and could see that they meant a lot to him. Although she wondered why this might be, she didn’t want to upset the student. She had already collected a few spares, so she told the student that he could keep them.
