The younger one, a boy of two years, was struggling with an obstinate car while the other, two years older than him, was content with a tiny ball. The car was a battery-operated toy. The younger one’s mother was too busy knitting to see her son’s frustration. Suddenly, the desperate child began to cry. Flinging aside his ball, the elder one reached his crying cousin and pulled the car from his hand. Annoyed, the mother got up and smacked the elder one for his brutish act. The tearful child could only murmur, “I--I just wanted to press the button.”
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