Lesson Learned

She was 4 years old and attending pre-school. Every day on the way to work, Daddy would drop her off. They had a ritual. She would race a bee line to the swing set, hop on and wait for Daddy to catch up and give her a few pushes before going off to work.

Many times she would race past other kids to reach the swing set first. Daddy would explain to her that sharing is a good idea.

Then one time she raced past a little boy. She arrived at the swing seat, stood for half a second then stepped back as the little boy arrived and proceeded to hop onto the swing.

Daddy was very surprised as he looked towards the play yard teacher. He had the “my little girl is learning to share and that makes me proud” look on his face.

He raced over to his little girl to let her know how pleased he was to see her share.

She looked up to him and said, “It was wet”. Apparently the landscape sprinklers had wet the swing seat.

That day Daddy learned a lesson. Things are not always what they appear to be.