Xiao Mei said she would give her Rabbit Doll to her younger brother.
After all, she had two Rabbit Dolls.
Though she loved them both very much...
Her older brother only had one Big Bear Doll.
She couldn't give that one to her little brother.
But her little brother wasn't happy.
He said only girls wanted rabbits.
He was a boy, so he wanted a bear.
He said that if she didn't give him the Big Bear Doll, he would tell their mother that she had knocked him over.
Their mother would come and scold her.
Her little brother's gloating expression made her angry.
She grabbed the Big Bear Doll's paws with both hands and pulled hard toward herself.
But her little brother suddenly crashed into her.
She fell backward onto the ground.
She watched helplessly as her little brother ran off with the Big Bear Doll in his arms.
Her older brother circled around her anxiously, asking if she was all right.
Had she hurt herself?
She cried.
Not because the fall hurt.
But because her little brother had taken her older brother's Big Bear Doll.
Her older brother patted her head.
He said it was all right.
He said that if their little brother took the Big Bear Doll, he wouldn't tell their mother about her falling.
Then she wouldn't get scolded.
That was good enough.
She couldn't stop crying.
How was that good?
It wasn't good at all!
She had thought about asking for the Big Bear Doll back.
But her older brother stopped her.
He said he had already given the Big Bear Doll to their little brother. How could he go back on his word?
He told their parents the same thing: he had given the Big Bear Doll to the neighbor's little