On another occasion Johnny and Mary were playing together in the sandbox in Mary’s backyard. They were very competitive and always trying to out do one another.
Johnny reached around and grabbed a ball that he had brought over and said to Mary “see what I have and you don’t! I have new ball!” Mary looked up and reached around and grabbed one of her own and said “Yeah? Well, I have one, too and mine has colors and stars on it”.
Johnny sighed and continued to play, trying to come up with something else and he did “Well, look at what else I have! I got a new boat! It has a propeller and is painted bright colors!”. Mary, not to be outdone, reaches around and pulls out this huge clipper ship “yeah? Well I have this huge ship and look at all the sails!”.
Johnny sat back, feeling defeated and again and continued to play. Finally, he got an excited look on his face, stood up and pulled down his pants “Well, I have one of these (pointing to himself) and you don’t!”. Mary went running into the house crying, not believing what Johnny had just done.
Johnny sat back, smiling broadly and feeling proud that he finally won.
A little while later, Mary came out of the house, sat back down and with a huge smile on her face started to play again. Johnny, perplexed, asked her why she was smiling.
“My mommy said that with one of these (pointing to herself), I can get as many of those as I want!”