Girl 2: Not feeling too good, actually.

Girl 1: Oh? Why’s that?

Girl 2: Well, something terrible happened this morning … (voice trembling)

Girl 1: What? Sorry, take your time, and tell me when you’re ready.

Girl 2: Well, I was playing with Bonzo in the garden with a ball, and the ball went over the hedge into the road, and …

Girl 1: Yes?

Girl 2: And Bonzo jumped over the hedge after it and he got hit by a car.

Girl 1: Oh, no! And is he … ?

Girl 2: Yes. We took him to the vet’s immediately, but there was nothing she could do.

Girl 1: Oh, poor Bonzo. And poor you. I know how much he meant to you.

Girl 2: We’d had him since he was a tiny puppy. He was like one of the family.

Girl 1: I’m really sorry. At least he had a happy life.

Girl 2: His life was too short!

Girl 1: Well, yes, OK. I’m sorry, that was a really insensitive thing to say. I’ll come round and see you later, OK?