Nicole was hesitant to lend lia her tea set. though the tea set was not worth much
money, it had been in the family for a long time and was pretty much irreplaceable. but i
was persistent and since she was a dear friend, nicole relented and agreed to lend her the
tea set. as nicole had feared, lia did not handle the tea set with the same care that nicole
would have and consequently lia broke or damaged several of the pieces. when nicole
asked for her tea set, lia stalled, " i forgot it at my cousin's house. i'll get it later this
week. i'm so sorry." la figured that she could run out and replace the missing pieces.
when she got around to doing so, lia was disappointed to find that no stores carried the
antique tea set. so lia purchased a brand new tea set, much more expensive than the old
set. she then threw out the rest of nicole's old tea set to hide the evidence of her
irresponsibility. when lia presented nicole with the new tea set, nicole was extremely
disappointed and lia did not understand why. "look, nicole, my cousin lost your tea set.
mean, he's still looking for it but it's probably gone, but this tea set is much nicer when
nicole did not accept the new tea set. lia shook her head in disgust and told herselt
"some people don't appreciate anything."

what is the theme of the story?
1. treat other peoples property with respect

2. be grateful to others for what they give you

3. nicole shouldn’t have let lia use the tea set