Beginning of the end
I knew I will have to meddle otherwise they will start hitting each other.
I intervened, crouching down between them. "Alright, alright, my little troublemakers," I said with a gentle smile, "Let's find a way to share the toy, okay?"
Both girls turned to me with wide eyes, their bickering momentarily forgotten. I gently separated the spinning top into two pieces and handed a part to each of them.
"See, now you both have your own piece of the toy," I explained, trying to defuse the tension.
Aida, being the older and more mature of the two, seemed to understand and nodded in agreement. Emma, on the other hand, simply stared at her piece of the toy with a furrowed brow, not entirely pleased wit