A specific memorable friend

I have friends who already died.
One of them was a specific and memorable friend.
He was a friend who was in kindergarten with me.
Our friends called him "Tat-chan".
We usually played together anywhere, for example on the field or somewhere.
One day, we went to the bamboo forest with our friends.
We just wanted to collect lots of bamboo shoots.
But Tat-chan only collected bamboo peels.
Why?
I asked him: "Why did you only collect bamboo peels?"
And he said: "I thought bamboo peels are bigger than bamboo shoots so I got them."
Many of ours friends asked: "Are you a little stupid?"
I thought that too, but I was a little touched by him.
Because he was interested in the difference point as compare with us. (not sure what you meant here sorry!)
It was little interesting for me, but I didn't know why.
After a while he had a car accident. on the road.
I wasn't there at the time.
I heard  later he was taken to the hospital after being hit by a car.
In the hospital a lot of ice was put around his body.
He lived for several days but eventually he died.
I didn't feel so sad when he died because I was too young.
Nowadays I think about him sometimes.
I think: "If he were still alive now, what would he want to do with his life?"
He would have many things he would want to do, I guess.
I am very frustrated nowadays.
And I think at the same time, if we have things we want to do we just do them now.
Life is not so long. We should all do what we want to do as soon as possible.