What was going on?
What should they do...
They had never encountered anything like this before.
The two children looked a little flustered.
Xiao Xiao smiled at the two children, his eyes crinkling.
"It's getting late."
"Did you come out to play by yourselves?"
He'd been with the two children for a while now, and hadn't seen anyone who looked like their parent.
The children didn't look lost, either.
They weren't the least bit panicked or flustered.
So their home must be nearby.
"It's time to go home."
"Otherwise, your mom and dad will worry."
But the two children acted as if they hadn't heard Xiao Xiao.
They gazed up at him eagerly.
"Big Brother..."
"Can we really not trade?"
"We have two kites."
They held up the kites in their hands together once more.
The childish doodles on the kites were full of whimsy.
But they weren't crude.
Clearly, the two children had some talent and creativity when it came to drawing.
"Can't you trade us one of the little foxes?"
In the children's simple way of thinking, they figured that trading two kites for one of Big Brother's little foxes meant Big Brother was getting the better deal.
After all, they were giving him an extra kite.
So...
Why wouldn't Big Brother agree?
They didn't understand.
And they felt aggrieved.
They really wanted the little fox.
They were willing to trade a kite they loved for it.
And besides...
"Big Brother."
"Don't you have two little foxes?"
"Can't you trade us one?"
"Our kites are really pretty."
"Mom and our teacher both said we did a great job."
"Some of our classmates want one, but we won't give them any."
As they said this, both children looked a little smug.
Xiao Xiao shook his