"I want to go up on the seesaw!" Caillou demanded.
"Well, I want to go up on the seesaw," Leo replied.
It had been like this for an hour. Both Caillou and Leo wanted to go up on the seesaw and for the other to go down, but neither had accepted that, for one going up on the seesaw, the other would have to go down.
"I really, really want to go up, Lee-oh," said Caillou as he extended Leo's name in an accidentally condescending fashion. It was not exactly his fault as he had no idea what being condescending was. And it was also quite likely that the audience of Caillou the TV show (and also, by default, Caillou the character) had no idea what the word condescending meant either, but the show would not address this. In fact, the show would not exactly address the idea of compromise either, which is what Caillou and Leo would have to do for either of them to be the side of the seesaw that would go up.
"That's not fair," said Leo. "Whenever we play together, you always get what you want. It should be my turn to go first."
"Mommy!" cried Caillou, dismounting the seesaw and running indoors. Leo temporarily got his wish as he ascended when Caillou descended, but then he came crashing down to the ground as the toddler began to throw a fit. He rolled his eyes, to himself, as he knew that anything he would say at this point would only upset his friend further. Meanwhile, Caillou tugged at his mother's overalls.
"Mommy, Lee-oh won't do what I want to do. He won't let me be the one to go up on the seesaw."
"Caillou," said his mother, the disapproval dripping off her voice. "Sometimes when two people want the same thing, they have to learn how to share so that they can both enjoy it."