Yvonne and Christina burst into laughter when they saw that, hugging each other and even forgetting to eat.

Estelle was too embarrassed to keep silent and said, “Okay, let’s eat. The first person to finish eating gets to be the winner.”

Hearing that, the competitive children started eating the pasta quickly, for fear that others would eat faster than them. Seeing that Estelle had solved the problem, Cristofer forked a piece of vegetable from the salad, put it on Estelle’s plate, and ...