Quarrel or Love?

Riya and Rishi, siblings who were two years apart, did everything together-eating, playing, and going to school but they often argued and fought over trivial matters. This troubled their mother a lot. She repeatedly explained that fighting was not good and that living peacefully together had many advantages. However, her efforts seemed to have no effect. Instead of admitting their mistakes, they blamed each other for starting the fights and ended up arguing again.

- Kusum Agarwal

One day, while Riya was building a dollhouse with blocks in the courtyard, Rishi was engrossed in building a city with blocks. Accidentally, one of his toy bricks fell on Riya's dollhouse and it toppled over.

"Rishi Bhaiya! Look what you did! I had almost finished building the house for my favourite doll, and you've broken it," Riya said, her face red with anger.

"Oh! Sorry, Riya. I didn't drop it intentionally. It slipped from my hand," Rishi said, picking up the fallen toy brick.

"No, I know everything. This is your mischief. You always ruin what I make," Riya said and deliberately knocked down one of the block houses Rishi had built. Seeing this, Rishi got angry and pushed her, causing Riya to burst into tears. Hearing Riya cry, their mother came and said, "Enough! Stop fighting and find a peaceful way to resolve your issues."

Reluctantly, Riya and Rishi agreed to end their fight but they still weren't speaking to each other.