Jane and June get fined?

I came across a short story at work intended for first graders, one of those stories about children who have a disagreement and solve it in a way that bears no resemblance to the way real children solve things. The story went something like this:

Jane: Well, June, I think we should ride bikes today.
June: But, Jane, I want to run.
Jane (thinking hard): Hmmmm, well, let's ride bikes today and run on Sunday.
June: But I want to run today. (pause) I know! How about if you ride your bike and I'll run next to you!
Jane: Great idea, June!
(Group hug ensues)

Problem solving among real-life children goes something more like this:

Kiley: I wanna ride our bikes.
Juniper (rolling eyes): We did that LAST time. Let's run!
Kiley: Shut up and get on the bike or I'll kill you.
Juniper: You did that last time, too.

No doubt we adults write stories the way we do hoping that real-life children will act a little more like the children in the stories, although WE certainly never did when we were children.

But this particular story about Jane and June, and the solution to their problem, does bear a remarkable resemblance to a recent news story from England. This story reported that a man was driving slowly along a country road while his dog trotted happily beside the car on a leash. But this being real life, things did not work out quite so well for the duo as for Jane and June, as the man was eventually fined for "not being in control of a vehicle."

But clearly, the situation came about because the man and the dog had had a heated discussion beforehand on whether they should drive or trot to Muggleswick, some distance away, and had hit upon the happy solution that one would drive and the other would trot. For the foreseeable future, they will both have to trot, as the man's driving privileges are now revoked for six months.

Luckily for Jane and June, stories usually end more happily than real-life events. Although I am waiting for the story in which the girls vigorously protest their outdated names in favor of something more modern-sounding and daring, like Kiley and Juniper. Now there would be a more exciting story. You just know Kiley and Juniper are NEVER going to agree on anything.