

Sara liked to play with her toys in her room. She had many toys, but her favorite was a clock. The clock had a face with two hands and numbers. Sara liked to move the hands and make the clock say different times. She also liked to pretend that the clock was her friend and talk to it.
One day, her brother Tom came into her room. He saw the clock and wanted to play with it too. He said, "Give me the clock, Sara. I want to see it."
Sara did not want to give him the clock. She said, "No, Tom. This is my clock. You have your own toys. Go away."
Tom did not listen. He tried to grab the clock from Sara. Sara held on to the clock and shouted, "Stop it, Tom. You are being mean. Leave me alone."
They pulled and pushed the clock until it fell on the floor. The clock broke into pieces. Sara and Tom were both shocked and sad. They heard their mom coming up the stairs. She had told them to keep their room tidy and not to fight.
Sara and Tom knew they were in trouble. They quickly tried to hide the broken clock under the bed. They hoped their mom would not see it. They pretended to be nice to each other and smiled at their mom. But their mom was not fooled. She saw the mess on the floor and the clock under the bed. She said, "What have you done, Sara and Tom? You have broken the clock. That was a gift from your grandma. How could you be so careless and rude?"
Sara and Tom felt sorry and ashamed. They said, "We are sorry, mom. We were playing and we had a fight. We did not mean to break the clock. We love the clock and we love grandma."
Their mom was angry and disappointed. She said, "You need to learn to share and respect your things and each other. You will have to fix the clock or buy a new one with your own money. And you will have to clean your room and apologize to grandma. Now go and do it."
Sara and Tom nodded and said, "Yes, mom." They went to pick up the pieces of the clock and the other toys. They wished they had not fought over the clock. They learned their lesson. They decided to be more tidy and more kind.
