The Rule · The first debate
Should the cookie be cut in half, or go to whoever asked first?
There's one cookie left in the tin, and both of you want it. Your sister says she asked for it first.
What earns a point in this world: Names someone the rule lands on who isn't in the room.
Cut it in half!
Reasons a child might give
- Half each means nobody goes without.
- We both want it exactly the same amount.
- Cutting it in half is the one answer neither of us can call unfair.
Whoever asked first!
Reasons a child might give
- She asked first. That has to count for something.
- Half a cookie isn't really a cookie.
- Next time I'll be the one who asks first, and then it'll be mine.
Debate this one against an opponent that argues back.
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