Two of our great grand-children, (Caleb and Alexis) were ages 6 and 3 when they would come to visit us. We have a long-rope swing in the pecan tree in the back yard that they always loved to play on.
Each time they visited they would both want to be the first one to swing. To settle the argument, I thought of a perfect solution that my mother had used earlier with me and my brother, Wren.
I told them we would "draw straws". They were thoroughly confused until I took a straw from the kitchen broom and broke it into two pieces, one longer than the other. Then by hiding the entire length of both straws I let them select one straw each. The one who selected the short straw would swing first.
This was the perfect solution!
The next time they came they both wanted to "DRAW STRAWS"
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