Write something about how the kid got caught up in the pressure of trying to be cool and fit in..... that he did some not so nice things in order to be like everyone else. But then when he completely changed and he looked back in the puddle, he realized that he had made a huge mistake and so he went back to being himself, even if that meant losing his popularity.
"Because we empathize, or feel what others are feeling, we expand our understanding of other people in other situations. We are also less bothered by our own misfortunes."