Do you want a cookie?<br />- What?<br />- A cookie. Like an Oreo. Do you want one?<br />- No.<br />- How can you not want a cookie?<br />- I just don't.<br />- Okay, fine,let's say you did want a cookie. Let's say you were dying for a cookie, and there were cookies in the cupboard. What would you do?<br />- I'd eat a cookie?<br />- Exactly. That's all I'm saying.<br />- What are you saying?<br />- That if people want cookies, they should get a cookie. It's what people do.<br />- Let me guess. Dad won't let you have a<br />cookie?<br />- No. Even though I'm practically starving to death, he won't even consider it. He says I have to have a sandwich first.<br />- And you don't think that's fair.<br />- You just said you'd get a cookie if you wanted one. So why can't I? I'm not a little kid. I can make my own decisions.<br />- Hmm. I can see why this bothers you so<br />much.<br />- It's not fair. If he wants a cookie, he can have one. If you want a cookie,<br />you can have one. But if I want a cookie, the rules don't count. Like you<br />said, it's not fair.<br />- So what are you going to do?<br />- I'm going to eat a sandwich. Because I have to. Because the world isn't fair<br />to ten-year-olds.