the twins are about five in this story
#59 Feuds
"Give it back Ro! I had that first!" Elladan screamed at his brother as he tugged with all his might on the stuffed bear.
"No, I had it first! Besides, nana gave it to me not you!" Elrohir retorted back pulling even harder.
"She did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did NOT!"
Finally, there was a ripping sound, and the bear was torn in half right down the seam causing the two brothers to fall backward on their bottoms.
Elladan looked at the half of the bear he was holding, and tears began to fall from his eyes. "Now see what you did! This is all your fault," Elladan said in between sobs.
"My fault? You were the one who wouldn't let go; now Teddy is dead!" Elrohir burst into angry tears and tackled his brother down.
Celebrían was busy walking back to her rooms when she heard the cries and yells of her sons. Walking into the room to find out what was going on this time she was appalled to see Elrohir on top of Elladan hitting him with his tiny fists.
"Elrohir! What are you doing? Get off your brother right now!" she yelled, pulling her son off Elladan who was crying even harder.
When she separated the two, she looked at Elrohir for an explanation. "Well? I'm waiting."
Looking at his mother with tear stained cheeks, Elrohir stuttered. "El…ladan kil..led T…teddy."
"Elladan did what?" she asked. Looking around her eyes fell on the stuffed toy that was in two pieces on the floor. Celebrían then looked at her eldest with a confused look on her face. She knew he would not intentionally do something like that as he loved Teddy just as much.
"Elladan?" his mother asked softly. "Would you care to shed some light on this?"
Elladan looked at his mother crestfallen. "I didn't mean to nana, Elrohir wouldn't let go, and we were pulling on it, and it ripped," he cried out feeling a fresh set of tears beginning to fall.
Celebrían sighed. This was the fourth fight the two had alone this week, and she was starting to get frustrated. "Elladan, you knew Teddy was your brother's so you should have let go." Then turning to her youngest, "Elrohir, as for you, you should not have fought with him. You should have come to your father or me and told us. There is no excuse for hitting your brother."
The two looked down at their feet ashamed. "We are sorry, naneth."
Celebrían picked up the bear and turned back to her sons. "You both are grounded until you two can stop this foolish behavior. There will be no going outside, playing or anything else of that nature. You two will sit in here until you can get along once more and start acting civilized. Is that understood?"
"Yes, nana," they both said in unison.
"Good, now sit. I will see if I can fix Teddy. This should give the two of you ample time to fix your broken relationship and think about what you have done." With that, she left the room leaving behind two very humble but proud brothers.