It's morning, and the hermits are getting ready to go to the school sports meeting. They're all excited to get to know their new classmates, but they're also worried that they'll get into trouble if they start hanging out too much with boys who aren't up to the task of running a school. One of the boys in the school has just set a new world record in the 100m race, and everyone is super excited about it. The hermits wonder why they haven't been able to make new friends yet. The book says that to make friends, you have to be friendly with other people, so they've got to show off their smiles to other people first, and then they can make friends with their classmates.