He 'befriended' the new student.
(..) Oh, no, it isn't. When I was a little boy and got sick, which was most of the time... ...my mother would read it. It's about an Indian princess who befriends a monkey... ...who was mocked by the other monkeys because he was different. For some reason, I related to it quite strongly. (..)2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Grasshopper Experiment Season: 1 Episode 8