Let's Make a Deal.

"Tyler, please pick up the cheese you dropped on the floor."

"Um, no thank you."

"Let's try this again."

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"Tyler, you may have your lollipop after lunch or never. When do you choose?"

"I choose never."

"I'm pretty sure you don't know what that means."

~

"Tyler, you may play for ten more minutes."

"No, I'll play for six minutes. Or three."

"Deal."

~

A master negotiator, of sorts, this three-year-old. Or so he thinks.