[Sidenote: Snow Battles]
On a bright winter’s morning, Miss Elsie Wiseman was on her way to
school when one of her second grade pupils dashed through the gate and
walked beside her.
“Why, hello, Francis! How are you this morning? Have you had a fine time
in the snow?”
“Yes, we had a snow battle after school yesterday.”
“You did? Tell me all about it.”
“It was this way; we divided up into two sides, piled up a lot of snow
balls and then tried to capture the pile of balls on the opposite side.”
“Did you have a good time?”
“O, just a dandy time, ’cept Willie; he got hurt and I guess will have
to have a real fight to settle it,” said Francis with some alarm.
“Why, I hope not. Tell me more about it.”
“You see, some made ice balls and Willie got one on the ear. Now he says
I’ve got to fight him. He says we must each get two other boys and have
a fight to settle it. I ’spose we must or the scrap won’t end.”
Here is a situation that needs some careful handling. How would you
proceed?