"Let go of her right now!" The girl with the ponytail helped pry the little boy's hand off the long-haired girl's arm.
Having failed to snatch it, the little boy took two steps back, turned to the woman behind him, and said, "Mom, I want some. She won't give it to me."
Just when everyone thought the little boy's mother would scold and discipline him, something utterly shocking happened.
Not only did the little boy's mother not discipline him, she instead took two steps toward the long-haired girl and reached out to snatch the ice cream from her hand.
The long-haired girl hurriedly switched the ice cream to her other side, narrowly keeping it from being taken. She shot the woman a look as though she were insane and asked angrily, "Who are you? Why are you trying to steal my ice cream?"
"Young lady, my son wants ice cream. You're older than him, so shouldn't you give it to him?" Having failed to grab it, the woman tried to guilt-trip her instead.
The long-haired girl looked utterly incredulous and snapped back, "If your son wants some, go buy him some yourself! What does that have to do with me? I want to eat it too. Why should I give it to your son? There are plenty of people older than him. Why come after me?"
"We don't have money to buy it. Who told you to eat it in front of him? Now that my son wants some, you obviously have to give it to him. You're so old already—why are you still eating ice cream and competing with a child?" the little boy's mother said as if it were only natural.
The long-haired girl was completely speechless. She rolled her eyes at the child's mother and couldn't be