You have often played at keeping shop, have you not? Winnie and May were
very fond of this game, and when it was holiday time they played it
nearly every day. One morning they made the "shop" ready as usual; a
stool was to be the "counter," and upon this they placed the scales,
with all the things they meant to sell. When all was ready, Winnie stood
behind the "counter," and said, "I will be the 'shopman'!"
"No!" exclaimed May, "=I= want to be 'shopman'; let me come behind the
'counter'." But Winnie would not move, then May tried to =pull= her
away, and Winnie pushed May, and in the end both little girls were
crying, and the game was spoilt. Were not they foolish?
How easy it would have been to take it in turns to be "shopman," and
that would have been quite fair to both little girls. I am afraid we
sometimes =forget= to be =fair= in our games. We will tell Winnie and
May the story of the two goats.