There was a new student joining Hannah's class who had long blonde hair and blue eyes, standing next to her class teacher Miss Williams.
"Good morning class," Miss Williams greeted. "We have a new student today, she is quite shy so I would like you all to be very nice and welcoming to her."
"Hey Miss Williams," Hannah shouted out, "can I look after her please?"
"Well, Hannah." Miss Williams replied, "you will be the right person to do so, because you both will have a lot in common. Both got long blonde hair, blue eyes and one more thing, our new student is called Hannah."
Hannah looked surprised and puzzled, "wait, her name is Hannah too?"
Miss Williams nodded. "That's right, Hannah. So Hannah, why don't you sit next to Hannah and she'll look after you?"
"Thanks Miss." Hannah the new student responded as she sat on the seat right next to Hannah.
Miss Williams started the lesson by asking the students what the date is today where both Hannahs' raised their hands up then suddenly called their names.
"It is Thursday the 28th of March." The Hannahs' said together.
The class laughed and everyone wondered why were there two voices at the same time and not one.
"Well ladies," Miss Williams said glancing at the Hannahs', "I guess there is a slight confusion with the name and who I call out so therefore, if I say "Hannah 1" it will be you because you've been a pupil here for a long time and if I say "Hannah 2" it will be the new student."
"The Hannah I have asked to give me today's date was Hannah 2." Miss Williams clarified.
Hannah 1 gave a big sigh. "But Miss Williams, you said "Hannah". My name is Hannah."
"Yes, Hannah. I don't want you mixed up with the new student so that is why I will call you Hannah 1." Miss Williams replied.
Finally, school was over. Hannah 1 got home feeling unhappy.
"How was school, today?" Mum asked her.
She had her head down.
"What happened?" Mum questioned feeling concerned.
"There's a new student who joined my class called Hannah. But, my name is Hannah." Hannah responded sadly. "Everyone seems to pay so much attention to her than me. I'm the only Hannah here."
"Sweetie," Mum said, "Hannah is such a popular name and if there are other people that use it or called the same name as you, it means people like that name."
Hannah grunted then asked Dad if he knew anybody in the world that is also called Hannah.
"Hannah is a very popular and it's a lovely name. Any name in the world is allowed to be for more than one person. Just like you call me "Dad". A lot of people call their fathers "Dad". Dad responded.
"But, there was a new student called Hannah today and everyone is starting to be friendlier to her than me." Hannah answered unhappily.
The next few days of school, Hannah felt more blue that everyone seems to be paying more attention to Hannah 2 than.
"Hey Hannah," Isabella smiled. "Do you want to go on the swing?"
"Yes!" Hannah 1 responded. "Thank you, Isabella!"
"That was supposed to be for Hannah 2." Isabella answered, "I should have said Hannah 2."
Hannah 2 looked happy while Hannah 1 did not.
"Hannah," Andrew initiated, "do you want to play basketball with me?"
"Sure! I would love to-" Hannah 1 replied cheerfully.
Suddenly, Andrew interrupted and stated: "I was asking that to Hannah 2. Not to you, Hannah 1."
Hannah 1 sighed again. She pretended to stay happy and strong but deep inside she did not.
"I have invited Hannah to my house for a sleepover next week." Hannah's classmate Charlotte said, telling another classmate, Monica.
Overhearing this, Hannah 1 finally looked very happy and asked Charlotte if she really did invite her.
"Wait," Charlotte said looking surprised, "how do you know about the sleepover? The Hannah I invited is actually Hannah 2."
Hannah 1 walked away with a long face. In her mind, she thought that maybe nobody liked her or wants to be friendly with her all because of the other Hannah.
"I'm NOT Hannah." She thought to herself, "I'm going to be called Meg. This will be a better name for everyone to remember."
"Mum," Hannah said to her back home, "my name is Meg, not Hannah. Can I please change it to that?"
"Well okay, Hannah." Mum responded, "I mean Meg."
Hannah beamed again. She told Miss Williams that starting from today her name will be "Meg".
It was class time again.
"So class, who can spell the word 'difficulty'?" Miss Williams questioned.
'Hannah' and 'Meg' raised their hands up and Miss Williams pointed to 'Hannah'.
"D-I-F-F-I-C-U-L-T-Y" 'Hannah' answered in a confident manner.
"That's right, Hannah!" Miss Williams praised her giving a gold star and the entire class began to clap for 'Hannah', "well done!"
"And it means something is hard to deal with such as..." 'Meg' added.
"Well, I asked how the word is spelled." Miss Williams interrupted. "And not what it meant. So the gold star is given to 'Hannah'."
"But, my name is Hannah." 'Meg' protested back. "Learning what the word means is more important than spelling it."
"I thought you changed it to Meg." 'Hannah responded looking confused.
"Yeah." Miss Williams agreed. "And I called 'Hannah' not 'Meg'."
'Meg' sighed and thought changing her name is no good. She thought maybe being friends with Hannah 2 will make her feel better.
"Hannah!" Hannah 1 approached her. "I would like to be friends with you so why don't I invite you over to my house?"
"That's a great idea!" Hannah 2 answered beaming at Hannah 1. "I would love to go!"
"I have decided to be called Hannah and not Meg anymore. Maybe we can do a 'Hannah' club and the club is only for people that are called 'Hannah' and no other name." Hannah 1 suggested.
Hannah 2 really accepted the suggestion.
At Hannah 1's house, the two Hannahs' has set up a hiding spot where it will be their club.
"So," Hannah 1 asked Hannah 2, "what is good about the name 'Hannah'?"
"I guess it's symmetrical." Hannah 2 answered, "because it starts with 'Han' which is 'H-A-N' and ends with 'nah' 'N-A-H'."
"That's good." Hannah 1 smiled. "So, besides the rule of only Hannahs joining in the club, what rule should we have for the Hannah Club?"
The two girls then saw Hannah's sister Emily running around with her best friend, Kasey and asked if they can play together.
"Well, Emily and Kasey, I am sorry but this club is only for Hannahs." Hannah 1 rejected sharply.
The girls sighed and carried on running around, chasing each other.
"Your sister seems to be having fun with her best friend." Hannah 2 whispered loudly to Hannah 1.
"Oh yeah," Hannah 1 admitted, "I guess a Hannah club is getting very boring and no good. So, why don't we play with them and no matter if a name is used on more than one person in the world, I will be okay about it."
Hannah 1 told her parents how she and Hannah 2 quickly became friends and wouldn't be bothered if there was another Hannah and people are allowed to have the same name. She then felt much better and proud to be called 'Hannah' and will never change her name no matter what happens.
Moral: You should be proud of who you are and accept everyone's similarities to you