1. What was Aunt Laura's lesson?
2. What kindness did Bertie show Tom?
3. What kindness did Tom show Bertie?

1. Kindness is never wasted in the world.

2. Bertie wanted Tom to come home with him for Christmas.

3. He was willing to miss Christmas with Aunt Laura in order to stay at school so Bertie wouldn't be alone.

that is the way of a cheater and cheaters get nothing but bad grades and in trouble.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."