Afew weeks ago, my four-year-old sister and seven-year-old brother were engaged in a brawl over my brother’s toy house. In hopes of resolving their conflict, I offered to build my little sister a Lego house.

As I am considered something of an expert in building Lego structures, my sister agreed to let go of the toy house. So I set out to build her a little mansion. The little Lego mansion turned out to be extremely beautiful. I was so pleased with my creation that I did not want to part with it, even though I had promised it to my baby sister.

Sensing my reluctance, my sister threw a tantrum, demanding the mansion as I had earlier promised. Suddenly she tried to snatch it, which caused me to drop the structure on the marble floor. Several hundred Lego pieces of various sizes and colours scattered in every direction.

Seeing my effort ruined into tiny pieces in front of my eyes, a rush of anger sped past my heart into........

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