The children had a big fight. Names were called. People hit one another. It was ugly. And as part of their consequences, I had them use their savings money to buy each other a gift. Rose's gift for Lee came quite soon. Lee's gift for Rose came today.
Lee was so excited to give his gift to Rose, and Rose was excited to receive it. But so much time had passed since the purchasing and receiving of the gift, that the two had had too much time to scheme up how the exchange should take place. Lee wanted to open the package first in his bedroom and hand Rose the contents. Rose wanted to open the original Amazon packaging. And these differences of opinion sullied the entire exchange.
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