What's Fair? What Makes Me, Me? And Other Interesting Questions

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Sophie, Ben and Karim are going on a quest.

Adventure! Excitement! Peril!

You know, all the usual questy stuff.

Their plan is to find a mysterious golden bird which lives

deep in the forest.

BIRD SQUEALS

Unfortunately, they haven't actually set off yet because they've

spent the past two hours arguing about who's going to carry what.

Karim has hurt his arm,

so he doesn't think he should carry too much.

In fact, he's going to struggle to carry anything.

Sophie is the smallest, so she thinks she should carry less than

the others, especially Ben, who's much bigger.

-Yoo hoo! Wa ha!

-Yippee! Yippee!

But Ben is seriously unhappy about carrying more stuff

because he's only brought a tiny amount.

He thinks, he can't help being bigger.

Why should he have to carry other people's stuff?

-Hmph!

-Ohhh!

So how are they going to sort it out and actually find the golden bird,

now that they're not even talking to each other?

CHILDREN CHATTER

I think that they should all just carry an equal amount.

I think the fairest way, for them to all carry their own things

because it would be their fault if they packed too much.

I think Sophie and Ben should help Karim

because I broke my elbow once, so I know what it's like.

And if they do make him carry, like, all the stuff, then it'll take

longer to reach the bird, so it's for their sake and for his sake.

I think fair means being equal and sharing out things,

so people won't think you're really selfish

and just think about yourself.

Fair means that if, like, you have a pack of sweets

and then they're ten, you could divide it equally by five each.

Fair is where everyone agrees,

so Karim and Sophie are going to have to agree.

Hours later, and they've still not decided who's carrying what.

Well, now, it's lunchtime,

and Sophie's tummy is making some rather strange noises.

STOMACH RUMBLES

She says they should eat before they carry on,

and suggests they all share out their lunches.

-Yay!

-Yeah!

-Yeah!

Karim has brought a pretty decent spread,

lots of tasty stuff to keep them going.

But Ben has only brought what he can afford, which isn't as much.

And Sophie's brought, well, loads!

Yay! Woo hoo!

Karim's not sure about sharing when he's brought more than Ben,

but then he has an idea.

Maybe Ben could earn some extra food

if he agrees to carry more on the journey.

But Ben doesn't think it's fair to make him do all the work,

just because he hasn't got as much food.

THEY ALL TALK AT ONCE

This is going to be tricky and... Oh, dear!

It looks like they've spent so long arguing,

the bird has flown off on a quest of its own.

Oh, look! He's left them a little present!

I don't think there's a perfect solution.

So the only way I can think of that would be almost perfect is if,

maybe, if they're all friends and they're friendly to each other,

maybe they could share.

The fairest things in life are where you actually earn it.

So I think that Sophie should contribute

an average-sized fraction of her food to Ben

and to Karim a smaller fraction, so that Ben has an average amount.

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