"Elizabeth, do you want to play Guess Who?" asked Alice.
Elizabeth remembered the board game with multiple pictures that stood up and were pushed down through elimination of suspects. It had been a while since they had played that game. Alice usually won but enough time had passed for Liz to hope that she had developed new deduction skills.
"Umm... okay... fine" replied Liz.
"Great! Take out the game then" Alice then proceeded to smile in an encouraging manner.
"Why? You had the idea first."
"Is that so? So you don't think you can beat me?" replied Alice
"I'll win this time!" divined Elizabeth.
Alice won the first two games only to be squashed by Elizabeth's succeeding wins placing her as the winner.
"I won Alice. Beat That! Hah!" cheered Liz. She had done it. She had finally beat her older sister at the game and she couldn't help but tell the entire world of her achievement. Alice had actually tried at the game and felt happy with her sister's accomplishment.
"Good Job! Next time, I'll win." Claimed Alice, "Now put the game away"
"But you lost... so.... You should put the game away"
"Are you saying that as the winner you aren't strong enough to put it away?"
"No. I'll show you." Elizabeth then carefully carried the board game at the highest shelves and showed off her strength with pride.
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Teaching Manipulation
Short Story17 year old Alicia has taken it upon herself to teach her younger sister, Elizabeth what manipulation is.
