The Terrible Cycle
In his panic, the little boy reached out and knocked the chubby kid's ice cream out of his hand.
"If someone knocked the ice cream you'd just bought out of your hands..."
"And you didn't get to eat even one bite..."
"How would you feel?"
Zhuge Yun looked at the two children.
"You'd definitely be angry, and sad that you didn't get to eat your ice cream."
"You'd be furious with the person who knocked it out of your hands."
"Right?"
The two children glanced at each other.
Then they slowly nodded.
Of course.
If someone knocked their ice cream away before they'd even taken a bite...
They'd be angry and sad, too.
"He feels the same way."
Zhuge Yun spoke to the children patiently, taking them through it one step at a time. "He's angry and sad, too."
"And he's especially angry with you for knocking his ice cream away..."
Zhuge Yun's gaze settled on the little boy.
"Understand?"
The little boy lowered his eyes and pressed his lips together.
"He didn't want to bump into Little Peach, either."
Zhuge Yun softened his tone. "If he bumped into Little Peach, wouldn't that knock the ice cream out of his hand, too?"
"It was just an accident."
The chubby kid hadn't been watching where he was going.
He hadn't noticed the little girl walking toward him.
And neither had she.
By the time they saw each other, they were already right in front of one another.
Honestly...
The chubby kid had clearly been the one who got the worst of it.
Just as he'd said, he definitely hadn't meant to bump into the little girl.
But he had.
His ice cream had smeared against her, and most of it had been ruined.