

Ben and Lily wanted to organize their toys. They had many toys in their room. Some were big, some were small, some were soft, some were hard. They liked to play with all of them, but sometimes they could not find the ones they wanted.
"Let's put the big toys in this box, and the small toys in that box," Ben said. He picked up a big truck and put it in the box.
"OK," Lily said. She picked up a small doll and put it in the other box.
They worked together for a while, until they saw a big teddy bear on the bed.
"Who gets the teddy bear?" Ben asked. "It is too big for the small box, and too soft for the hard box."
"I want the teddy bear," Lily said. "It is my favorite. I sleep with it every night."
"No, I want the teddy bear," Ben said. "It is mine. I got it for my birthday."
They both grabbed the teddy bear and pulled it. The teddy bear started to rip.
"Stop!" a voice said. It was their mom. She came into the room and saw the mess.
"What are you doing?" she asked. "Why are you fighting over the teddy bear?"
"Mom, he wants to take my teddy bear," Lily said.
"Mom, she wants to take my teddy bear," Ben said.
Mom looked at the teddy bear. It had a hole in its tummy and some stuffing was coming out.
"Oh, no," she said. "Look what you did to the poor teddy bear. You both love it, don't you?"
"Yes, Mom," Ben and Lily said.
"Then you should share it, not tear it," Mom said. "How about you take turns sleeping with it? One night, Ben gets it, and the next night, Lily gets it. OK?"
"OK, Mom," Ben and Lily said.
They hugged each other and said sorry. Mom smiled and hugged them too.
"Good," she said. "Now, let's finish organizing your toys. And then we can go outside and play in the snow. It is winter, and the snow is very interesting. You can make snowmen, snowballs, and snow angels. How does that sound?"
"Yay!" Ben and Lily said. They liked winter. They liked snow. And they liked their teddy bear.
