

Lily and Max were playing in the park. They saw a man with a big bag of lollipops. He was giving them to the children who answered his questions.
"Can I have a lollipop, please?" Lily asked the man.
"Sure, but you have to answer a question first. What is the name of this animal?" The man showed Lily a picture of a dog.
"That's easy. It's a dog!" Lily said.
"Very good. Here is your lollipop." The man gave Lily a red lollipop.
Max wanted a lollipop too. He ran to the man and said, "Me too, me too!"
"Okay, what is the name of this animal?" The man showed Max a picture of a cat.
Max did not know. He did not like cats. He said, "I don't know. I don't care. Just give me a lollipop!"
The man shook his head. "No, you have to answer the question. If you don't know, you can guess."
Max was angry. He did not want to guess. He wanted a lollipop now. He tried to grab the bag from the man.
"Hey, stop that! That's not nice!" The man said.
Lily saw Max being rude. She felt sorry for the man. She said, "Max, don't do that. That's not how you get a lollipop. You have to answer the question. It's a cat. See, it has whiskers and a tail."
Max did not listen. He pulled harder on the bag. The bag ripped open. Lollipops fell on the ground.
"Oh no! Look what you did!" The man said.
Lily and Max looked at the lollipops. They were dirty and sticky. They could not eat them.
They felt bad. They said, "We're sorry, mister. We're sorry we broke your bag and wasted your lollipops."
The man was sad. He said, "It's okay. I forgive you. But you have to learn to be polite and patient. Lollipops are not more important than being kind."
Lily and Max nodded. They said, "We understand. We will be better next time."
The man smiled. He said, "That's good. Here, I have one more lollipop left. You can share it."
He gave them a blue lollipop. Lily and Max broke it in half. They said, "Thank you, mister. Thank you for being nice to us."
They ate their lollipop together. They learned their lesson. They were happy.
