A Friend to Many

Ian told me tonight that he has a lot of friends. He also went into detail about them - who's who, which friends are not in his class, etc. He opined that they probably don't all know each other; I concurred, explaining that he has friends from different places who probably have no way of knowing each other. At that point, he mentioned he'd like to get them all together "...so I can say their names." [I think he means he'd like to introduce them all to each other.]

A bit later on, he reflected, "Daddy, do you know why everyone likes me? Because I'm nice... just like a friend to them."