The Fair-Share Pair

Squirt! Splash! Rub-a-dub!

Logan and Hallie kneel down to Ladybug Land together. But Connor goes to another part of the blacktop to race his cars. But Logan comes up to him, and says she looked all over for the red car because she wants to show Hallie how she was playing with it. Logan picks up the red car and holds it behind her back.

Connor is mad. He says he’s racing with the cars, so he needs two cars. Logan says it’s not very fair, and Connor retorts that he shared it with Logan yesterday, and Logan wasn’t careful with it. Logan reminds Connor that the cars don’t belong to him, so Logan can play with it any way she wants. They continue fighting back and forth as they walk back to Ladybug Land.

But then, as they’re both reaching for it, it flies out of Logan’s hands and into the mud puddle. Connor picks it up, and blames Logan for it getting all muddy again. Logan stomps her feet, right in the mud puddle. The mud splashes on both Logan and Connor, and the two cars in their hands.

Miss Sparks rushes over. Logan explains that Connor refuses to share the cars. Connor defends himself, saying they can’t share because Logan gets it too dirty. Logan says they can’t possibly share! Logan is fun, while Connor is fussy. He answers that he is clean, and Logan is messy. Miss Sparks orders the children inside to wash up and think about how to share the cars fairly.

As they walk inside, they can’t think of a way to make things better. They head to the sink, and both wash their hands. Connor squirts some soap on the cars and rubs them till they’re covered with bubbles. Logan smiles, and says they look like they’re at the car wash. Connor smiles back. They can pretend the sink is a car wash. Together, the two children squirt soap on the cars, and splash the cars through streams of water. Then, they rub the cars dry.

When Miss Sparks comes inside, her eyeglasses are glistening again. She knew the two of them would find a way to share. They’re different, but they’re actually the same in an important way: they both have a great imagination. Connor says how about some days, he can play with the red car, and some days, Logan can play with it. But every day, they’ll play car wash together.

Logan agrees. That way, they’ll really be the fair-share pair.