

Lily and Ben were playing with blocks. They wanted to make a big stack of blocks, as high as they could. Lily put one block on top of another, and then another, and another. She was happy with her stack.
Ben wanted to make his own stack, but he did not have enough blocks. He looked at Lily's stack and felt angry. He wanted to have the same stack as Lily. He did not ask Lily if he could use some of her blocks. He just grabbed one block from her stack and put it on his own.
Lily saw what Ben did and shouted, "No, Ben, that is my block! Give it back!" She tried to take the block from Ben, but he held it tight. They both pulled the block and started to fight.
The block slipped from their hands and fell to the floor. It made a loud noise. The noise made their stack of blocks shake and wobble. Then, all the blocks fell down and scattered everywhere. Lily and Ben were shocked. They looked at their mess and felt sad.
They heard their mom coming. She saw the blocks and asked, "What happened here? Why are you fighting?" Lily and Ben did not know what to say. They felt ashamed. They knew they did something wrong.
Mom said, "You should not fight over blocks. You should share and play nicely. Fighting does not solve anything. It only makes things worse. Look, you ruined your stack of blocks. How do you feel now?"
Lily and Ben said, "We feel sorry, mom. We feel frustrated. We wanted to make a big stack of blocks, but we were selfish and greedy. We did not listen to each other. We did not respect each other. We slapped each other and made a mess."
Mom said, "I'm glad you realize your mistake. You should apologize to each other and help each other clean up. Then, you can try to make a new stack of blocks, together. Maybe you can make it even bigger and better, if you cooperate and have fun."
Lily and Ben said, "We are sorry, mom. We are sorry, each other. We will help each other clean up. We will try to make a new stack of blocks, together. We will share and play nicely. We will listen and respect each other. We will not slap each other and make a mess."
Mom said, "That's good, my children. I'm proud of you. You learned a valuable lesson today. Fighting is bad. Sharing is good. Cooperation is better. Love is best." She hugged them and kissed them. Then, she helped them pick up the blocks and start a new stack. They smiled and laughed. They were happy with their stack.
