Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out “bullyville.com”. In fact bullying kills about 13 million kids a year and make them stay home. I believe the quote means think about what you say before you just say it to that person. This quote applies to the story by how the lila always tries to ignore derek and not be mean to him. In the story red roses I believe the author shows the purpose on how to not be a bully how to stand up for some one and how to be polite.I think Lila always tried to be polite to Derek because she didn’t want to hurt his feelings. To support this is when Lila accepted Derek’s roses that he gave her. Another reason to think this is when she always accepted gifts that he always gave her in her coat pocket. Lila
